Major Project Unit - Pacing The Film

   Creating pace is when editing is used to speed up or slow down a film. The pace of an edit can alter the way the audiences view a film. For example, action films are usually fast paced, this is done by editing shots so they are short and quickly edited to another shot. Drama films normally use slower shots, this is to allow the audience to see and understand what is happening on screen. Also in Drama films, to understand the character in the scene more it is usually cut to have longer shots focussing on them. Below are an example of a scene cut in a fast pace and a scene cut at a slower pace. You can see how relevant it is for what is happening in the scenes. The fast pace scene is cut quicker as it fits in well with the action happening on screen, and the slow paced scene is cut suitably due to the dramatic theme of what is happening.



Fast Pace - 'The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift'





Slow Pace 'The Kings Speech'




   I need to take this into consideration highly when cutting 'Roadman' to make sure the film tells the story well. If it is fast cut in scenes that have important discussions in it with information that the audience needs to hear, that information could be lost due to the audience focussing on what is happening visually more that audibly. I need to ensure that when I edit the film, I do not make this mistake as it could affect how the story is told in a negative way.