Editing
Editing in a thriller, just like in any other film must be done to perfection to achieve a professional look. Editing is possibly the most important step in post production as this is the stage in which the footage becomes a film.
A thriller uses a vast range of different editing techniques to set the tone for the film. Both fast paced and slow paced editing are used depending on the scene. Fast paced editing could show chaos and in a scene, making it all look frantic. Where as a slow paced edit can build the tension and suspense which are essential in thrillers.
In the film Split (Dir. M. Night Shyamalan, 2017) it uses both type of speed to develop the right atmosphere for the scene.
The first clip shows slow paced editing starting at 0:59. This is to build the suspense in the scene. In the second clip it uses fast paced editing at the start to show how frantic the characters escape is.
Thrillers use lots of cuts; rather than having extreme long shots with lots of items and information in the frame to show everything important, as this can make the shot too cluttered an the audience may miss a key piece of information. Therefore, thrillers use insert shots and close ups to show the most important item in the scene.
When analysing the scene above, I can see that they use insert shots throughout.
This is an insert shot from the second video above. This close up is significant in the scene as it's a shot of the bullets that the character has dropped. In the chaos of the scene the audience could have missed this piece of information if the close up insert shot was not included.
This is a tutorial of an editing technique useful for flashbacks which I would like to use in my film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6Y76KPy6XQ&t=44s
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