Blog Post #20 Editing/Transitions in Film Part: Two

 Today I will be continuing my analysis of "Whiplash" and its use of transitions.

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An example of this is in the opening two minutes of the film when the instructor meets Andrew for the first time and we see Andrew laying drums for the first time through the eyes of Fletcher giving us his POV on what Andrew can do. This is then followed to the camera cutting to Andrew seeing Fletcher from what seemed to be our perspective in the last shot, this is a very unique way to introduce the two main characters of the film and create depth to their characters in a very short amount of time. This introduction makes it so that the movie doesn't have to focus on using the backstories of the characters and wasting time, but rather just introduce the characters in a unique and quick way that also doesn't seem forced. The use of eye-line matches are also evident in the final two shots in the film with Andrew and Fletcher meeting eye to eye. This shot is extremely unique though because the audience isn't able to see the characters main facial feature which is their mouth. This led to a widespread debate on wether the characters were smiling at the end of the film or rather angry at the sequence that had just unfolded. So in turn the use of unique camera shots and extremely good use of editing/transitions to make the scene come to life and giving the movie its own identity helps this movie stand alone as one of the best shot and edited films of our time.


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This connects to my film because I hope to be able to incorporate many editing sequences of this film into mine and my film will be using a lot of inspiration from this film. I will be using the eye-line matches from this film in the first two opening minutes off mine to help convey the emotions of the characters into the movie and also the panning that is commonly seen throughout whiplash will be used in my film in order to convey the action sequences of my actors better. Not only will my film be using the editing qualities of the film whiplash to convey the emotions of my actors better but also to bring more life and engagement for the audience that is viewing my film. The quick pan cuts will help keep the audience engaged and it will allow for the audience to have a more enjoyable viewing experience.

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