Researching Film openings/scenes - Edititng.

Today I am going to be analysing editing used in post-apocalyptic movies. Editing is how scenes are cut and fitted together. I have picked a scene from the post-apocalyptic movie World War Z. Here is the scene I will be analysing:


The Scene lasts for 1:33 and shows lots of different camera shots and editing. The editing used in the scene is very fast paced with quick cuts between each shot, this is used for effect on the viewer. For example quick editing makes the scene look more exhilarating and fits to the action. Because this is a zombie outbreak is makes the scene look panicked as the shots are so quick one after the other. A variety of camera angles are also used in the scene, for example from 0.00 to 15.00 there is a long shot, to a close up, to a tracking shot from a high angle, to a zooming shot. Lots of camera angles and movement are used in quick succession to make it look more action packed. The editing is fast for a specific reason.

Furthermore there is a lot of movement from the camera, this is a convention of post-apocalyptic movies, camera movement is used in this scene to track the running people and the vicious attacks in the scene.

Overall the editing in this scene is very choppy and fast paced, we may used some fast editing in the opening however not a lot because the opening needs to build the mystery to the film and create tension therefore we don't want it to fast.