Editing techniques - Sadia

Opening Sequence Editing techniques

Jack Reacher:

1) Action shot, 12 seconds: a bird’s eye view of a lorry on a clear motor way. This creates the style of genre because it builds tension. As we don’t know much of what is going on, there is no telling what kind of theory it follows.

2) Match cut, 29 seconds: a skyline is shown to set the scene. This creates suspense as the music in the background brings it all together. This gives away that it could be using the enigma code.

3) Cuts, 43 seconds: a close up of a man’s hand on a steering wheel, tapping his thumb on it. This creates the action styled genre because it implies that the character is getting impatient as if he is running out of time. This shows that the director is leaving clues to show that he is using the enigma code.

4) Iris, 2 minutes 46 seconds: this shows the camera closing in on people with a target shot of a gun. This gives away that it is an action genre because they usually involve guns. The amount of suspense when he targets the civilians shows that the director is using the enigma code.

5) Cut away, 3 minutes 52 seconds: it first shows a close up of the man’s face and then a shot fires at the civilians using a long shot and then goes back to the close up of the man from a different angle. The use of fast pacing angles show that it is action and is using the enigma code.