The descent editing analysis
- 2. Slow Pacing The pacing in this scene is extremely slow making the first shot last at least 5 seconds the only movement is the car driving down to establish the pace of the scene. Then the second shot is an over the shoulder shot of Sarah and Jess in the same quadrant with Paul's shoulder on the left quadrant showing his distance from them symbolizing that Sarah has a better bond with jess than Paul, this uses the established pace After the conversation between Sarah and jess the scene cuts to the family in the car where Paul is distant and when Sarah tries to touch him he pulls away from her this the cuts to the car crash which uses fast cut editing
- 3. Fast cut editing • The editing pace during this scene is extremely fast, it cuts between these 5 screenshots within a matter of seconds • The section starts quite slow as a build up to the crash • However when the crash happens the pace becomes explosively fast for a few seconds ending with a gory scene which lasts for about 1 second • Then it instantly goes to a slower pace than before the crash as the camera slowly zooms out to a fade to black
- 4. Transitions • The transitions in this scene are fairly basic because this scene is effectively conversation so all that is needed are simple cuts to different shots which consist mainly of over shoulder shots and close ups of the characters and the transitions don’t even change during the crash either • However at the end of this crash scene there is a fade to black to show that this is the end of the scene because that is what fade to blacks are used for
- 5. CGI • The use of CGI in the descent is very minimal, this scene and when they enter the cave is the only time CGI is used • The CGI in these screenshots are the copper pipes and this is because if you look carefully the tips of the pipes are transparant • This CGI turns into the real thing in the gore scene straight after