Planning editing styles - Miss Georgiou

Editing styles are very useful and important in an opening sequence as it creates lots of suspense and tension. This will create an effect to scare the audience, this will be shown in thrillers mostly. In my thriller we will intend to use the following editing styles, Slow editing, reaction shot, dissolve to jump cut and jump cut. Everyone of these styles create suspense and tension and this will then keep the audience engaged within the clip an keep them on the edge of their seat.

Slow editing is a very common editing style because it is very effective when used. It creates suspense for the audience because it creates a slow build up to a scene, we intend to use the slow editing when the girl is in her bedroom as she receives the message, by using the slow editing at this point the audience may think that a big attack may be about to happen because of the slow build up to the scene This will also keep the audience engaged in the clip because they begin to think what could be forthcoming. This should appeal to the audience because they will see the scenes move slowly as you see the victim creating suspense and tension withing the opening sequence to grab the attention of the audience. 

Also in our clip we are hoping to use the Reaction shot, this is important to use as it shows the reaction of a character once something has happened, for example if a gun is shot in a scene a camera may cut to a reaction shot to see either the reaction of the shooter or the character being shot. We are going to use the reaction shot when the girl is walking home through the forest and notices the shrine, by using this then you are able to see the confusion and the instant fear in the girls eyes as she realise somebody is watching her. By doing this the audience can then relate to the character as they now know what she is feeling.

We will use a dissolve to jump cut when the scene changes from the girls bedroom tot the forest. We will do this to create suspense for the audience as you are not sure what the next scene could be, because of the slow build up to it. We are going to use this style at this point because it is a interesting previous scene with the phone ringing and not knowing what will happen next.

The final editing style we are going to use is the jump cut, this is important for our thriller because it separates each scene and creates a slight suspense and shock as you do not know what the next scene will be based on this will then be unexpected for the audience. This will mainly be used when the girl is being followed by the villain this is because it is quite a faced paced scene and to keep switching camera angles it is good to use the jump cut as it is fast and efficient. This should appeal to the audience because they should feel as though they are the victim and feeling how they feel and what is it like getting followed, chased after and maybe even captured. 

These editing styles are conventional to a thriller because they make the thriller seem slow and steady creating tension showing the victim, villain and the eerie setting that they are in, this allows the audience to follow along with the film as if they were in the film then suddenly something happens which creates a disequilibrium. This should appeal to the audience as this can create confusion within a thriller as at first everything is normal which may capture the audiences attention then suddenly the whole scenery changes and there is a huge problem, or scary scene that suddenly occurs.

These editing styles are conventional to a thriller because they all create suspense and fear for the audience in there own way and makes the thriller seem slow and and steady creating tension, by doing this it keeps the audience engaged in the thriller clip and follow along with it.