EDITING QUESTION-

PREP Analyse how editing is used in the extract from Cuffs to create meaning. Refer to at least two examples from the extract in your answer. (This means that a good candidate will write fully and freely, covering more than just 2 examples, as we practised in class).
Worth 5 marks: write half a side of A4 and post on your blog tonight. If you have DoE, take an extra 24 hours

Slow motion editing is used when a team of police officers, including Jake and Ryan, enter the racists house who had previously attempted to kill and young Asian boy. As two other police officers are fighting off a gang of racists we as the audience see things from Jakes point of view. Everything around him is going in slow motion and Jakes mind is very confused. The editors have done this as it is easier for us to understand how hard a young new police officers job is and as we find out it is very hard for Jake to get his head around what is happening. We can also sympathise a lot more with Jake as we see how much he is struggling as everything has been put in slow motion.

A shot reverse shot is used when DI Kane is talking to a mother who is clearly in despair and her child has been taken by an unstable man. The editing helps us realize that DI Kane is clearly in a very awkward situation and cannot seem to look this woman in the eye. The editors have first placed the shot so we can hear the mother getting very angry but the shot then goes to DI Kane to show his embarrassment it then goes back to the mother who seems to be getting more angry by the minute, this shows us the contrast between a victim of crime and someone who has failed to solve the crime.

Multiple cross dissolves edits are used is the scene when Jake, Ryan and two other police officers are training after hours. As they are all running we see cross dissolve edits which suggest to us that they have been working very hard and have been going for a long time.

There are a lot of hard cuts that are used in the scene where Lauren's dad is on the edge of a hotel balcony debating whether to commit suicide or not. As DI Kane walks onto the balcony everything goes silent and the cuts go back and forth between both faces. This editing is very clever as its shows us how serious the situation is and we can tell by DI Kane's face that he is obviously very nervous and doesn't want to say anything wrong that might make Lauren's dad jump. The editors have also done a close up cut of Lauren's dads hand as we see it trembling, This tell us that it is not only DI Kane that is scared he also is very scared, this further helps up feel sympathy towards him and he is obviously very unstable and needs help.

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- CROSS CUTS FROM HIS FACE TO THE RECORDING VIDEO. LAST FRAME IS HELD FOR  A LONG TIME SO HE CAN REALIZE WHAT HE SEES IN THE BACKGROUND.

- FOLLOWED BY AN EXTREME CLOSE UP OF THE HOTEL NAME.

- CUT BETWEEN LAURENS DAD AND DI KANE SEEING HOW TRAMATISED HE IS

THE EDITS GO FROM SHORT REVERSE SHOT TO A CLOSE UP OF HIS SHAKING HAND.

- CROSS DISSOLVES OF EDITING WHEN THEY ARE TRAINING.