Movie Analysis : Editing In Forrest Gump

In the shot where John and Madeline are behind the tree trying to discuss where she was born or who she is (around two minutes fifty seconds), the camera zooms in on the two of them. As John keeps pushing her to talk, she gets even more confused and frustrated. To emphasize this, the directors made the camera zoom in so you can see every emotion on her face up close and personal. This connects this scene to the ideology that you are always connected to your past, whether you know it or not. Inside, she knows that she is Carlotta, but she can’t establish the difference between herself and the side of her that is Carlotta. In addition to zooming, the scene also includes deep focus. By using deep focus throughout the entire scene, you get a better scene of space. By establishing this large space within the shots, it creates a contrast within the film. Although there is so much space in the scenes, Madeline still feels enclosed by her own mind. You can tell that once she gets out of the trees, she lets go slightly. Without the use of cinematography, we would be looking at a whole different

Almost every piece of cinema seeks to give the viewer an understanding by intricately assembling shots in a coherent, and a sometimes muddled, manner; the techniques used in editing places various shots in purposeful sequences, to emphasize certain relationships between shots. The shots can be arranged smoothly and logically, or shift abruptly from shot to shot; different methods of the aforementioned arrangement of shots are utilized in either discontinuous or continuous editing. Sherlock Jr. and The War on Drug’s music video “Holding On”, are two motion pictures that offer spatial relations, by applying techniques of both continuous and discontinuous editing.

Eisenstein also discusses intellectual montage as being conflict within a shot, rather than just the juxtaposition of two shots side by side. In “Beyond the Shot”, Eisenstein describes two specific sorts of conflict within a shot: “the conflict between an object and its spatial nature and the conflict between an event and its temporal nature” (88). The first one is used widely throughout the film, as well as in the casino scene. However, the second type of conflict within a shot is not used in the casino scene. The first, described as being “achieved through optical distortion” (88), is exhibited in shot 52. The camera movement in this shot helps to achieve this sort of conflict, as the camera both zooms in and tracks out at the same time while

This is accomplished with different camera angles as well as the movement of the camera. For example, in many scenes as the camera follows the action it is shaky rather than sturdy, as if you as a viewer are walking around and seeing the action through your own eyes. One may also notice that an escalated level of action or conversation on the screen is mirrored by the pace of the film from frame to frame. In essence, a heated argument would involve a quick paced transition of shots, going from a close-up of one character to another at a rapid pace in tune with the argument.

Which is a shot that is close up one the actor or thing to show a great deal of emotion or details. This choice of shot really helped me understand the scenes seriousness and the sadness of the scene. When they switched to Cole with a close up right before he told Malcom his secret. You could see half of Coles face be lit up by the light and the other half dark. Which could connote his emotional portrayal in the scene.

Additionally, the usage of different kinds of shots also amplifies the mood of the film. For instance, in the end of the movie, when Mr. Sebastian is going back to his house, the filmmaker recorded this scene from a distance. By looking

Editing deals with visual, sound and special effects to make the film flow and assist the theme throughout the movie.

Most people who watch films watch them simply for enjoyment, rarely anyone notices all the work that is done to actually put together a film. Before taking this class I had no idea how much is done by so many different people to make a film flow, to make it engaging and pleasurable for viewers. Now watching films, I pay attention to all minor details and pick up techniques used that I never would 've noticed prior to taking this course, specifically in editing. Editing is one of the major keys that puts a film together in so many different ways. If I brought this up to a student who has never taken a film course I’m sure they would say, “editing isn 't important, all the editor has to do is put shots together”. Is that really all it is? Not even close. In my opinion, without editing, viewers would miss so many important factors that the director and film editor want us to capture in certain scenes or shots. In Paul Haggis’ Crash (2004), there are many intense scenes that use editing, mainly cuts -which is when the camera is focused on one character or sequence, and then changes focus to something else in the blink of an eye- to make the scene flow or to help us notice important details in the scene.

Editing design is the creative part of the postproduction of a film. Without editing the film would have no meaning and be in loose ends. One of my personal favorite movie whose editing has also caught my attention is Marley and me.

Let's first get to know what a film editor really is. A film editor is the person who removes the unneeded and fits pieces of film together. They also work with cinematographers and sound editors to bring sight and sound together and make a finished movie. Basically, a film editor is the key to a compelling story.

One often does not think about the impact of editing on a movie, but in reality the most acclaimed movies use editing masterfully. The now “cult classic” Star Wars series is a perfect example of how editing can be used effectively. Within Star Wars: Episode IV, The Empire Strikes Back, editing is used to not just tell a story. It is also used to grab the attention of the audience. The audience is drawn into another world. They are also drawn in to feel the emotions of the characters as well as consider their course of action if they were put in the same positions of the characters. Editing is an art form in and of itself, especially when one recognizes its impact on storytelling and the audience.

There are a series of images of a staring, mustachioed man who has been driven insane by the experiments, as well as what could be a guard escorting him to his cell. These images could be interpreted as occurring in real-time (as in a typical continuous scene composed of moving images), or as occurring over the course of many disparate moments in time (as in a montage sequence), or a single moment in time (as in a freeze frame). As such, it is very difficult to determine the temporal relationship of one shot to another.

The Kuleshov Workshop explored the effects of juxtaposition in film, and how sequential shots convey a

Montage, a name synonymous with Editing, is an original film style with different techniques used by the Soviet filmmakers between 1924 and 1930 to construct a film narrative. Montage is the connection between one shot and the other, a continuous or discontinuous relationship between shots. According to David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson (2012: 478), Soviet directors maintained that, “through editing, two shots give birth to a feeling or idea not present in either one”. This ‘feeling’ or ‘idea’ then guides a viewer into understanding or making a “conceptual connection” of the narrative (Bordwell 1972: 10). Strike (1925) and Mother (1926), directed by Sergei Eisenstein and Vsevolod Pudovkin respectively, are films made in the Soviet Montage era that show a juxtaposition between shots across the film. This essay discusses the different techniques used in these films that show the functions and effects of Montage.

When Making a film a director wants to draw the audiences emotions to the film to make them interested in what is going to happen. The director wants to make sure the audience is putting their emotions into a particular character or event. They can use this to give items importance and help us see who is an important character or if an event is serious or not. They basically tell us how to feel in a situation. They do this with the perspective/focus, lighting, and with the audio.