Final Sequence

Production Work Self Assessment

Planning Our Sequence

Once we had an idea we filled out this sheet to write down what we believed was going to be in our sequence.

Shooting Schedule

This is our shooting scheduel. We did this to plan out when and where we were going to shoot. This was very helpful as it made the group more organised.

Evaluation

Here is mine and Carmen's evaluation!

ELLA Ti (7162) this side of screen --> Carmen K-E (7092) this side - right as you look at screen!

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Group Brainstorm

Our group completed a brainstorm, this was done to help us write down our first initial ideas for our project. I believe this helped as it brought our ideas together.

Pillow Talk and Fringe Essay

“How are the sequences from ‘Pillow Talk’ and ‘Fringe’ different. Discuss the differences in pace and style of editing as well as the effect the editing has on meaning/ the audience’s reception of the extracts?”

During this essay I will be comparing the differences between ‘Pillow Talk’ and ‘fringe’. I will be looking at the pace and the style of the editing, as well as the effect this has on the meaning and audience.

Pillow Talk was produced in 1959 by the director Michael Gordon. This Oscar winning film features many well known ‘older’ stars such as Rock Hudson, Doris Day and Tony Randall. Whereas Fringe is a newer and more modern American science fiction TV series in which mysteries are solved. Both Pillow Talk and Fringe have differences and similarities.

Firstly I will be comparing the frequency of cuts within Pillow Talk and Fringe. The paces of the cuts in both extracts are very different. By looking at the frequency of cuts in each extract I can see how technology has developed over the years. By the time Pillow Talk has cut once, Fringe has had 8 cuts. Pillow talk has longer cuts and is very slow moving, where as Fringe is a faster moving cuts which are very short. I believe this is mainly due to technology, but as well as the genre. For example Pillow Talk is a romantic love film, which should be fairly slow moving, however Fringe is in the genre of a sci-fi which constantly on the move, getting jobs done. On average Fringe cuts every 2-4 seconds, however as it reaches the end of the extract, there are longer clips before a cut; the longest shot is for 10 seconds. Whereas pillow talk cuts on average every 9 seconds, the quickest shot lasted for 4 seconds, which is Fringe’s average time.

The style of editing is also very different. In Pillow Talk the camera shots are very basic, I think this is down to the lack of technology in 1959. The camera shots are mainly mid shots which show people and background. However there are a variety of camera shots in Fringe for example mid shots, close ups ect.  By having a variety of camera shots makes the extract more interesting to watch as an audience which keeps people hooked. However the two are similar in the fact that they both have similar cuts. During Pillow talk there is one fade and one split screen, the rest of the cuts just go straight to a different shot, which is very similar to Fringe. I believe this is an easy and effective way to move to a different shot and it is still widely used in modern extracts as well as older extracts.

I don’t particularly think that the editing effects the audience’s emotional response much, as not many people would be looking out for certain editing techniques because they would be so involved in the film/TV episode.  I believe colours effect the audiences emotional response more so that the editing. As certain colours can attract people and also put them off e.g. yellow would make the audience want to watch the film because it is a bright, bold, interesting colour, however if grey was used it could put people off or even put them in a

bad mood because it is a dull boring colour. I also believe the audience would be more interested in the actors/actresses staring in the film/TV programme. But editing is essential when creating a film or TV episode, and means the film/ programme could not happen without it which does make the extract better as editing makes everything run smoothly.

Different aspects that make up the film attract different audiences for example younger people would prefer to watch the Fringe extract rather than the Pillow Talk extract because it has a faster more upbeat and current pace of editing, whereas Pillow Talk would attract older people because the style of editing is slower, therefore they can take their time whilst watching the film/programme. Not only is age a difference between the two extracts but also likes and dislikes through genre, some people prefer comedies whilst others could like drams more, this also has a large effect on the audiences emotion response, because for example they might go to see a sci-fi which is the genre they don’t particularly enjoy, therefore they will already have doubts about the film before even seeing it, which gives the film an unfair advantage. Word of mouth also effects the audience’s emotional response because a friend could automatically give the film a bad review when they could have not been concentrating ect.

Editing also effects how the characters are seen. Editing makes the episode/film less unfair on characters because it allows a number of characters to be seen at one tim, when in different places. In fringe there are mainly single shots, however in pillow talk editing really does help the film. At one point editing allows two people to be seen at once whilst both in different places.

Conclusively editing effects films/eposodes. Editing allows the whole process to run together smoothly, without it the film/episode would not be well put together. Editing can also make the film/episode unique by different techniques.