Planning: Editing Planning- Miss Begum

The quality of the editing within a film is very important as it can effect the look and feel of the film dramatically. 

It is important to think about the editing, especially in thriller films because the following shot should compliment their predecessor so that the viewer is able to understand what is happening. For example if the editor wishes to make the audience feel a certain emotion such as scared/ surprised then they would need to edit the film in certain ways using special techniques in order to make them feel this way. 

Some of the conventional uses of editing in thrillers are the use of the slow motion technique to emphasize an action scene, a car crash or something that will usually happen at fast pace etc. Another editing technique will be slow paced editing which is used to create suspense and to capture action. In contrast to slow paced editing, there is fast paced editing which is used to create suspense and thrill. Fast paced editing is mostly used within fighting scenes as it makes the fighting look more realistic and keeps the audience intrigued in the scene. Lastly one other conventional uses of editing is the speed of editing this helps determine the mood/atmosphere of that particular scene. It also informs the audience on what kind of editing there is for example fast paced editing which may be used within a chase scene.

The editing techniques I plan to use in my thriller consist of the following:

1. Fade to black which will in turn create suspense among the audience. This will be used when something significant is going to happen, such as Frank looking outside after his daughter seeing someone and then he sees something outside as well and gets scared. This in turn will leave the audience wanting more. This is conventional to the thriller genre as thrillers are known for creating suspense among the audience which this does.

2. We plan on using reaction shots to allow the audience to see the fear on our characters faces or just to see how their feeling for example, in the corridor scene where the family comes face to face with intruder inside their home. This is conventional to the thriller genre as it will allow the audience to form relationships between them and the characters. Also it will make it seem more realistic.

3.We will use a montage to create excitement among the audience. This will be used when we wish the audience to see certain scenes together as our thriller is a trailer, for example the first scene will show someone walking up to four pictures and then de-facing the people in them, after this scene we will see the start of a slow paced montage which starts to steadily speed up, allowing tension and suspense to build. This is conventional to the thriller genre as it will create excitement among the audience allowing the feel of suspense and tension to build.

4. We may use a straight cut when putting clips of our trailer together in order to help the audience follow the narrative easily without creating confusion, e.g the family coming face to face with the intruder and then straight after we see the candle light go out and when it comes back on its standing right in front of the camera, this then allows us to show straight cuts of the family trying to escape. This is conventional to the thriller genre as we don't want our audience to not understand what is going on, so that they feel the full impact of our thriller.

Conclusion:
Planning what editing techniques we will use has helped my group in many ways. Firstly we are able to save time when it comes to the editing of our thriller, furthermore we now know what impact we wish to inflict upon the audience, in turn this will help us to see if we have done a good job when receiving four feedback on the turnout of our thriller.