Editing techniques: Scream

Why were the particular editing techniques used in this sequence?What does it mean to the audience?
Within the sequence a long shot duration is used an example of this was when the girl was on the phone at the beginning of the sequence.when she was on the phone she was calm and relaxed however the longer the phone call was the more unrelaxed she became. This added tension to the film as she felt uneasy.

- Short shot durations were also used within the sequence this occured when her boyfriend was outside,tied onto a chair with the girl looking out to him. Short short durations is a type of shot duration.By looking between both characters it shows the audience a cut between the two characters.

- Cross cutting is used, this is a type of continuity. cross cutting was used when her parent car was driving towards the hosue,the camera switched between the car and the girl, each time the shot went back onto the car was a lot closer than before. By making the car reach the house quicker adds to the tension as you dont know if they will make it in time, also by making the car reach the house quicker reduces the chance of the audience getting bored of the scene.

- Cut is a type of transition. This was used throughout the whole sequence, it is used from inside the house to outside the house. By using cut transitions rather than fades and wipe transitions adds to the tension as the changes of scene are faster and more tense.

- Cutaway is a type of continuity, a cutaway occured in the popcorn scene.The focus switches between the woman and the popcorn as each time we see the popcorn it gets larger.By using popcorn as a prop it adds to the tension as we as the audience feel that it will pop, this relates to the girl and the 'scream' man as were waiting for him burst in. Because the popcorn doesnt pop it adds tension as we dont know when it will or when the man will occur.

- Eyeline match is a type of continuity, an eyeline match is used many times within the sequence for example when the scream man is over the girl just as she is about to die, there eyes meet when she takes his mask of. However to the audience the man is still not revealed. Another example is when her mother makes eye contact with her as she see's her daughter hanging from the tree. Eyeline match involves the audience as we see from the persons perspective what theyve just seen.

- Fade to black is a transition which is used at the end of the film.By using this shows that the scene has come to an end.