Saturday, October 24, 2009

3 Examples of Continuity Editing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afGu-wDsfBE
This is an elevator shot from the Departed. It makes the elevator ride seem as though it has fully occurred, but what it really does is speed up the elevator ride. First it shows Matt Damon's character touching the button, to go, then it shows two people talking inside, and then it shows the doors opening from a POV outside of the elevator. It makes it appear as if the entire elevator ride has occurred, when really it has just sped it up so that it occurs in film time, rather than real time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjLVPT9CWJI&feature=PlayList&p=88E57AA394F7AFF3&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=6
This one is an animated one from 101 Dalmations. It is various shots of Cruella Devil scarilly driving through town. Intwined with the cuts of Cruella driving, and closeups on her angered face there are closeup shots of the puppies reactions. This makes us believe that the animated puppies are reacting to Cruella's driving and not some other thing that is going on at the same time somewhere else. There is also a closeup of a truck driver's face as he reacts to Cruella's driving as well, adding to the effect of how scary her driving truly is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8UtojJT8ts
In this scene of V for Vendetta, the camera makes you think that two things are simultaneously occurring at the same time. THe camera first scans many people in V masks, and then cuts to Natalie Portman's character and someone else in a different area watching the same event from elsewhere. It makes you believe that these characters are experiencing the same event at the same time, even though we know the filming was done at two different times, possibly in two different locations.

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