Whilst not within this class itself, I found my recent blog in Cinema Studies to be highly relevant to our current task of PB3. Regarding editing, I thought it would be advantageous to delve deeper into the study of editing as well as the impact it has on film. So to take into account in the editing for my interview, I thought that I’d keep this post in mind and share it with other in hope that it may do the same for them.

Editing is a highly useful tool in the creation of any film; often being the driving force of the films’ sense of pace and timing via the frequency of cuts,creating tone in how it transitions from cut to cut, and heighten impact of certain shots and actions via the timing of the cut. . Why do we cut? Not only for the aforementioned reasons, but to allow various perspectives to take place within the one scene. Cinematography lets us see WHOSE perspective we’re seeing, whereas editing allows us to experience their feelings as well as gain a a sense of their surroundings via what shots are shown in conjunction to that regarding the character/subject at hand, and further develop relationships, such as when an editor or director decides to hold a shot longer between two characters, whether it be a singular shot of them both, or a shot-reverse-shot structure, insinuating a more intense relationship between the two.
In “Enemy Of The State’, director Tony Scott primarily uses discontinuity editing to hasten the pace of the film to create a higher sense of drama. In the beginning of the film during the movies’ first action/chase scene we are presented with various quick cut shots displaying a myriad of perspectives; that of the chasers, the escaping filmmaker, CCTV street cameras, hidden cameras in numerous locations,  aerial shots and even satellite footage. The quicks cuts between these shots not only quickens the pace of the film, but also makes a displays the numerous ‘eyes’ and points of view that may on be one subject at any given time, making a statement against the NSA’s ever growing want for more control and power in civilian surveillance, being the premise of the film.
In conjunction with the timing of shot cuts, displaying what is in the shot,, what order in comes in,and the the severity of action in the in frame can too develop narrative. In his action scenes Scott predominantly focuses having close ups of the character limbs, showing the most significant movement of the body- showing severity of action, whereas in his more calm scenes, he tends to focus on facial expressions, using close ups and ECU’s to further develop inter-character relationships and create empathy with the audience.