In-Depth Analysis of Editing

Jack Reacher

Cuts The quick cuts between the cctv footage of the van and the shots of the van give off the impression that the van is being watched. This giving off the feelings of tension and suspicion as to why the vans being watched. The quick cutting between the shots adds to the fast pace of the opening sequence again adding to the tension. This allowing the theme of action thriller to be seen through the fast pace cutting.

Match on Action The man on action shot is when the villain arrives at the carpark whilst he is walking with the gun. At the beginning of the shot you see him walking, leaving the audience in suspense at what he is walking to but as the man turns around the shot goes directly to the gun. This giving off the theme of action thriller as guns are typically seen on action thrillers.

Cutaway In this part of the film there is almost a cutaway shot. This is when the shot focuses on the man working at the desk pushing the lever, going away to a few different shots then returning back to the lever. This implies the theme of action thriller as the shots in between are showing quick cuts adding suspense and questions as to what the man at the desk is doing?

                               

Smash Cut Again during the film there is almost another shot, a smash cut. This is when the villain drives his van backward out of the space after the shooting had taken place. This is very abrupt, happening very suddenly. This implying an action thriller as he is seen to be trying to make a quick getaway; fleeing the scene of the crime before he is caught.

Iris During the shooting scene the villain is looking through the target on the gun, this is similar to an iris shot as we are only seeing what the villain sees through the target whilst he is looking for his victims. Whilst the shooting is going on we are still only seeing through a small circle on the screen. This is to direct the focus completely onto the victims. This allows us to see the action close up which is taking place, not letting the audience miss I minor detail which is happening on the sidewalk. This giving the genre of action thriller due to the focus on victims being murdered.