Purposes of editing case study: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Storytelling

Storytelling is important as it is a purpose of editing, storytelling used as an editing technique to show more information, by this i mean it reveals the information in a specific style or order.

 

We see them use a convention which is a part of story telling this can be the fact that we see them use a an editing technique which shows us that they are withholding information from the audience, with-holding information is a purpose of storytelling as it builds attention for the audience, for example in above at 7.46 the audience actually find out that there was no bullet in the gun this information was not given to the audience. By with-holding information it means that the audience would be shocked as they did not know that the gun was unloaded, also it creates attention because when Tuco wants to shoot nothing happens but the audience thought had shot someone. 

Another editing technique we see to tell us the story is the fact that they use shot reverse shot in the film to show us a conversation between Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cliff this happens at 0.19-0.25 because the shot starts off with Lee Van Cliff then we see Clint Eastwood then the camera goes back to Lee Van Cliff. By using shot reverse shot it allows the audience to see the audiences lip when they are speaking and also the facial expression allows the audience to know if they are saying it in a serious or humorous way. 

As you can see above the clothing plays a big part on how story telling as at 4.49 we see Clint Eastwood is dressed very western as he is wearing a cowboy hat, this tells us it is set around the western times. This has an effect on the audience because it informs the audience that what period they have gone back to and it also separates the audience because some people may be young and they know they would not like it as it is a western film.

Combining shots and into sequences

Combining shots and into sequences is an purpose of editing as it allows the scenes to flow between the different the scenes. 

180 degree rule

We see the 180 degree rule being used at 4:26 the we see shot reverse being used as well in the clip above, this helps the audience see the characters face and reaction on their face, it also allows the audience to see where they are standing in position and it makes it a lot more easy for the audience to know who's the enemy because of the shots. By combining shots it allows the audience to see in greater detail and also it keeps the audience entertained in a way because it counts as filler shots. 

Seamless/ continuity 

At 6:59 we see the continuity being used in the good, the bad and the ugly, we see this when Clint East shots his enemy and in between him shooting we see the change of shot when the other scene continues in between.Seamless editing is done so that it is more entertaining for the audience to see the action when it is going on, it keeps the audience more focus on the specific action.


Creating pace 

Cutting to the soundtrack

Cutting to the beat is when the footage changes depending on the beat of the background sound, we see this editing technique being used in the good, the bad and the ugly at 6.25, as you can see each shot is place on the beat this creates pace and makes it a lot more entertaining for the audience to watch, the main reason is the audience want the soundtrack in the background to match the feeling they are wanting.