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From the week 4 lecture describe at least two reasons why we ‘shoot to edit’?

Filmmaker is able to generate a relationship among two or more characters by editing. In a tension scene, the purpose is to create a intense and fast images onscreen. It is nearly impossible to accomplish by long take, but filmmaker could employ fast editing to construct the whole scene.

Editing is good for shooting in a limited space, like the sequence of Taxi Driver (showed in lecture). Martin Scorsese is good at using long take for his filmmaking, such as good fellas and Age of Innocence. However, Scorsese considers the condition of space and camera movement in Taxi Driver, the long take would make this sequence awkward by the consistent pushing and pulling camera movement. As if Scorsese uses editing, he derive more creative spaces and editing makes image more dynamic.