Planning Editing Styles - Miss Georgiou

Planning Editing Styles

Editing styles are vital within a thriller film because they create and build up the main key elements such as shock, surprise, suspense and tension which keeps the audience more engaged which then gives them the ability to build a stronger relationship with the characters which is essential within any film. Furthermore, different editing styles will have different types of impacts on the audience so this needs to be planned carefully in order for any film to be successful as the impact on the audience would need to be ideal for a thriller genre.

Firstly, we plan to use the editing technique 'Montage'. A montage is the speed of editing, where shots are quickly juxtaposed together to create excitement. This can be evident towards the end of our sequence when the chase scene is occurring and all the characters are running in different directions. We have chose to include this technique at this particular point because in a chase scene specifically, the mood of the general atmosphere and within the audience is ideally meant to be exciting and tense, and we want to have that impact at this point. It is important to include the technique at this point to build that excitement and make the audience more eager to continue watching as it will secure their attention. Furthermore, it will then create a lot of tension as it will help display the panic that characters are feeling at this point and this will then help create a stronger relationship between the audience and the characters. This editing style is conventional within a thriller genre as it raises the level of tension as the movement is rapid and is keeping the audience more eager, excited and on the edge of their seat. The audience are then automatically more attached to the film and make them more interested to continue watching the film. This technique will also help build relationships between the audience and the characters because it will emphasize the panic on the characters which would then make the audience more worried and nervous of what is to happen to the characters making the audience more scared. of what is to happen.


The second technique that we intend to use within our sequence is 'Fade'. A fade is when the screen fades to black and this often means an ending to the scene. We would like to include this at the end of our scene, so that after the chase scene is over and the characters seen as the victims are left alone, the frame would show Bettie's face hiding behind a tree and the sequence would then fade to black. We have chosen to include this technique at this point as it ideal as it's at the end of the scene and also would give the audience a sense of enigma as it is unknown of what happens next; whether the characters survive or whether they are Bettie's next victims. This technique is conventional within our thriller sequence, as it creates high levels of tension and suspense. The enigma leaves the audience not knowing what happens to the remaining characters so the suspense builds up as it leaves the audience feeling mysterious. In addition, because the audience don't know what's going to happen to the characters, it raises their tension because the unknown of what happens makes them more paranoid and worried as they only have the option to fear for the characters. This impacts on the audience making them more fearful and paranoid of what is to happen to anyone, they don't know the rest of the story so it worries them and raises their concerns. This helps build relationships between the characters and the audience as it creates more fear and agitation towards Bettie as the sequence ends making Bettie look more dominant than the rest of the characters. Furthermore, this then leads to a sympathetic and worried relationship for the remaining characters because the audience know the power that Bettie consist off so they are naturally scared of what is going to happen to the remaining characters. It also leaves the audience feeling mysterious of which particular characters Bettie is going to target next..

The third technique that we would like to include within our sequence is 'Slow Editing'. Slow editing is when clips are juxtaposed together at a slower paste and this is to create suspense. We intend to include this technique after the group has split up and are now searching for each other. At this point is when the typical thriller behavior is first sighted. The reason that we have decided to include this technique at this particular point is so that it will make the audience more curious of whether the characters are going to find each other and also creates a mysterious atmosphere as the audience don't know what to expect. Furthermore, it will start to build up the suspense as the curiosity between the audience will start to rise as they become more eager and on the edge of their seat of what is to happen. This editing style will make our sequence more conventional to a thriller genre because it will start to raise a lot of tension and suspense. The tension will be created as the scenario of what is happening in this current moment will make the audience more nervous and paranoid as at this is the point when curious behavior is occurring first so at this point is when the audience become more interactive with the sequence. The suspense is created from the mysterious atmosphere that it slowly building up as the audience are unaware of what is to come next and are totally oblivious of what Bettie's abnormal behavior is like. The impacts the audience as they are more eager and interested of what is going on as this is the first sign of mysterious behavior so the typical thriller genre atmosphere is evident here so it makes the audience more curious of the situation. This then helps them to build a relationship with the characters as they are getting more paranoid and worried for them as they are frightened of what could have potentially happened to them. They are not terrified on a high level yet because Bettie's behavior is unknown at this moment as it is yet to come.

I have found planning the editing styles that we want to include within our sequence very helpful and useful because it gives us the ability to extend on each technique and elaborate a further understanding for each technique on how it will impact on the audience by developing the effects and researching on how it will give the ability to help create relationships between the audience and the characters. Furthermore it also helps us to know what key elements (suspense, shock, tension, surprise) each technique will be creating so that we can make sure that our sequence is successful. It also give us the opportunity to assess where each technique will be included within the sequence so that the sequence is making sense and is keeping the audience on the edge of their seats and making them more interested at all time. This also gives us the opportunity to sit down as a group as we all had different ideas and to discuss which ones would have the best impacts and to let correct any faults that we may of had.