UNIT 8 PROMPT: Editing
Of utmost importance to any film is the contribution made by the editor, whose function is to assemble the complete film, as if it were a gigantic and complex jigsaw puzzle, from its various component visual parts and soundtracks. Consider these elements while answering the following questions regarding the editing in Jaws:
Steps:
How does the editing in Jaws effectively guide our thoughts, associations, and emotional responses from one image to another so that smooth continuity and coherence are achieved?
Throughout the film, Jaws, is the editing smooth, natural, and unobtrusive, or is it tricky and self-conscious? How much does the editor communicate through creative juxtapositions–ironic transitions, montages, and the like–and how effective is this communication?
Watch the famous “Get out of the water!”
scene in Jaws and consider the following:
At what point is your involvement or concern greatest? Why?
At what point do you feel real physical danger for the characters? Why?
