Editing

The Descent.Luke Walkley

Wide Shot and Pace

This is a wide shot. It establishes where they have been or where they have visited. It also shows they are speeding.

After the third shot it then cuts to Sarah, Paul and Jessica inside the car. The pace of the car also indicates there might later be a crash. Also the length of the shot is 3 seconds.

Editing

This is the scene where the car crash occurs . The first shot is a over the shoulder shot of Sarah to her daughter Jessica. And then the second one is a shot of Sarah's face . They have edited it together in order to understand the mother and daughter relationship they have. This is called Shot reverse shot. We don’t really see a connection between Jessica who is the daughter and Paul.

EditingThese shots of Paul indicates he doesn't have much connection with Jessica and Sarah his wife. They have been edited with the camera on him and then Sarah's voice over.

You get this idea when Sarah and Jessica are talking and Paul doesn't even bother to talk or involve himself. Also when Sarah turns around and touches his let he kind of jumps and pushes it off. He might have juno on his mind.

EditingIn order for the crash scene to take place in the first shot they had to edit the van in front of the car. They purposely made Paul look away from the road so it causes nerves because you now know there is going to be a car crash. They might of positioned the camera in the back in the middle because it might be the little girls perspective of the crash.The second shot is the same as the first shot . When the car crashes into the van they edited it together in order to make it look more realistic.

CGI (Computer Generated Images)This is the shot after the car crash when the poles which was on top of the van fly off and goes through the windscreen of the car killing Paul and Jessica. The poles are computer generated. Which means they are technically graphics. The poles are fake and so Is the windscreen in the car. If the director decided to use real poles the actor would of literally been killed. Even there stunt doubles. The second shot is a real pole which has been thrown into the headrest of the seat which was filled with flesh and blood. Once it hit the headrest loads of blood and stringy looking gore come out. It is called a prospective affect.

Editing

This has been fast edited. Also the camera has been held up by a crane in order to get the shot fully. The poles are real and have actually gone through the windscreen. It has not been edited. Shot 1 slowly zooms out to show more of the damage which has occurred.

GCI (Computer Generated Images)They have decided to use CGI in this shot. They computer generated the blood by the car wheel which indicates that it might be Jessica's blood. They then pace the camera out slowly going upwards. It is still attached to the Crain.

They also end that scene with a fade in to black transition.

Summary.

Through out the beginning of the scene we are given the feeling of normality and security when they are driving . Often we are put in the daughters perspective like when the van is coming towards them before the crash and when the mom is facing her.

During the crash we get put in the perspective of the daughter and then the after affects of the Computer generated blood by the wheel of the car.