Analyse editing techniques - Smallville

To post a clip on your blog and analyse for editing techniques. How do they create meaning for the audience? 


The scene I will be analysing is derived from the show called "Smallville", and I am going to discuss some of the various editing techniques it contains, and they way in which it create meaning for the audience. 


The first editing technique that I will be discussing is match on action, which is used multiple times throughout this entire scene in order to emphasise the story behind this trailer. This is denoted at 0.33 and continues for a period of time with multiple match on action's until 1.34. The effect that this editing technique has is that it shows a level of continuity throughout the entire section of the clip allowing the audience to understand the various relationships that exist as well as helping develop the story along so that we as the audience could interpret the situation without having to have watched the show before. In addition your clearly able to see some of the significant characters in this scene, making you wonder who has died, and what relationship did that individual have with these people. However by cleverly making this match on action be extend for a period of time allows you to see that the relationship is quite strong as well as significant, meaning the audience can feel the emotion in this scene. 


Another editing techniques is an example of one of the transitions that have only been used in this entire scene, which is a cut transition. This is denoted constantly throughout the majority of the scene e.g at 0.59 when it cut from Mrs Kent to Lois and Chloe or at 1.09 when it cuts from the coffin to Lana and Clark. This is a commonly used transition, that in this case helps to build up the level of drama, which adds to the tension; this also allows the audience to take in the story, the characters emotion and the sadness each character is giving to us the audience.