UNIT 21

When you have completed the analysis of the sequence you have uploaded, remember that the work on your chosen Oscar winner needs to be completed.

Here is the final task, when finished, look at the previous post about how to present your assignment.

Complete an analysis of the following sequences:

1.     Describe the significant examples of editing – what happens in the sequence.

2.     How does the editing assist the effectiveness of the narrative?

Videos

The following videos are useful to show early and more contemporary uses of editing techniques for discussion.

●      Battleship Potemkin: The Complete Odessa Steps Sequence, documents an early use of montage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laJ_1P-Py2k 

●      Way Down East - DW Griffith, Early Example of Parallel editing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI2e3pXat54  

●      Example of Parallel Editing in "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts1x6uADFtM

●      Rocky III Training montage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4soF2wigKSM 

●      Team America  - spoof montage explains the use of montage well, though the lyrics may not be appropriate for younger audiences. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhWiTORp22k