Scream Editing Analysis

Why were the particular editing techniques used in this sequence?
There were many transitions made in the scream sequence, along with some continuity and different shot durations. We think that the short shot duration was used to create urgency and to make the audience jump but suddenly relieving the tension. The long shot durations were used to create suspence and panic. A cut transition was used throughout the whole sequence. This could represent the genre as wipes and dissolves etc. are usually used in other genres, not often in horrors. Crosscutting was used when the female character's parents were driving down the road and she was trying to get away from the main 'scary' character. This was to show the murderer's time 'running out' as her parents were drawing closer and her chance of escaping was getting higher.As this was happening the audience become hopeful in that she might escape, but then we are shocked to see that she is eventually caught and killed by the murderer.

What does it mean to the audience?
By the use of all these editing techniques we can see the representation of the genre, as most of the techniques create quite choppy and quick editing which can build suspense and scare the audience. All the techniques are purposely used to creat emotion for the audience depending on the genre. We think certain editing techniques can help assume what might happen, like mentioned above, when the girl nearly gets away we are hopeful but then she gets caught. Different transitions and continuty techniques make us have these feelings, plus if the whole movie was just choppy editing it would make it very uncomfortable to watch!