Preliminary Analysis

Preliminary Analysis

The plot features an interrogation where the suspect denies killing the victim. Lies unravel and yet he insists he didn't kill her. 

The editing techniques used in this scene was:

- Match on Action

- Eyeline Match

- Shot/Reverse Shot

- The 180 Degree Rule

Each of these techniques were re-created in a few examples in the clip. 

The match on action shot is a follow of an action in two different shots. This was recreated by the interrogator entering the interrogation room.

                     

An eyeline match is a technique used to show what a character is looking at or thinking about. This was used during the initial part of the film where the interrogator glares at  the suspect through the window of the interrogation room. 

A shot/reverse shot is used to convey conversations/arguments in films and programs. This was primarily used during the actual interrogation in the film.

The 180 degree rule is the basic guideline that two characters in the same scene should always have the same left-right relationship to each other. If this rule is broken and the camera passes over the imaginary  boundary, the characters appear to become inverse. This is known as crossing crossing the line. We maintained the rule throughout the film (evidence as depicted above).

Each technique was edited precisely and carefully edited to cover any mistakes during the film. An example of this was the confession shot. Some of the parts in the dialog became irrelevant and the whole speech was too long, therefore I had to cut out some parts in order for it to make sense. However, if I had left the sequence as it was, there would have been obvious jumps in the scene. In order to cover these up, I had replaced some of the suspect's images with the interrogator reclining and listening to the suspect's confession. All in all, the shots were all held steady, i believe each of the techniques used were used appropriately, and overall, all technical skills were used decently.

However, there were some mistakes during the film that couldn't be corrected. Aside from the stumble at the end, using dialog with untrained actors was an unfortunate mistake and made the film that much more amateur-looking. In the future, less dialog would be more appropriate and perhaps a couple of moving shots (where necessary) would improve the overall image.