TV Show 5 Master Editing Shots

Vampire Diaries Season 1: Ep 1 "Pilot"

Symbolism: 

In this scene in the episode, Elena is at the cemetery visiting her late parents after school (scene too long to be uploaded). She is seen with her diary next to her, meaning she was entering a log of that day. White fog creeps into the shot, creating an eerie mood. After she looks up it cuts away to her vision of a black crow on top of a tombstone, cawing. She then hastily jumps up and shouts "Shoo!", as she flails her arm at the crow. It then cuts to a side close up of her saying "That's what I thought" in a shaky voice, then her turning around to the crow squawking at her, again. Fog is still present, dispersing notably slow. Even before she arrived at the cemetery, the crow was shown to be creeping around her perimeters. This crow symbolizes some threat or menace, as Bonnie stated later in the episode. Each time the black crow appeared, ominous music rendered the menace, including the fog creeping in. 

Leit Motif:

This scene starts out with Stefan's forehead wrinkling and his mouth open in a scowl. Based on his face, he is experiencing some type of danger or dilemma. It cuts to Stefan turning his head away from Elena, blurred in the background. His eyes distort into a foggy, crimson red and inky veins convulse under his eyes. His voice begins to tremble and palpitate as he struggles to tell Elena to leave. Due to her injury, her blood has awakened this dilemma in Stefan. Elena is then seen rolling down her jeans, only to meet silence. Throughout this scene, an odd ringing tune is playing in the background, the tempo constantly increasing and decreasing. A shriek-like tune is heard and as the scene continues, it builds up creating a sense of eeriness. This contributes to the queasy situation and Stefan's blood control.

Contrast:

This scene begins with Vicki looking for Jeremy with an uneasy face. The lighting is dim and overcast, strictly unveiling her facial features. The white fog from earlier is seen clouding behind her, motioning that something or someone is behind her. Throughout this scene, similar eerie music is being played. She is last seen frantically looking around, her eyes darting in every direction. She turns around and screams and she is simultaneously attacked by some creature. After a fade to black, another scene opens up to a bright, packed bonfire area with a shot of Elena's activities. Compared to Vicki's scene, party music is blasting. This shows contrast in not only the choice of music but the different usage of the color tone and brightness. 

Simultaneity:

This scene opens up to a close up of Bonnie, seeming to have a serious conversation with Elena. In an urgent tone, she says to Elena "That it's just the beginning". It then cuts to a close up of Elena, with a rattled expression. From what has happened earlier in the episode, with the crows and fog, it seems those two connect. Right before a switch in scenes, a sound bridge of Damon is heard saying "She took my breath away". The scene then switches to Damon talking to Stefan, having a very stiff conversation. Damon then clears up he is talking about Elena, comparing her to someone named Katherine, assuming someone impactful in the brothers' lives. This shows that as the girls are talking about some "beginning",  and that "beginning" ends up to be the sustained conflict between the brothers, as they are talking at the same time. 

Parallelism:

This part of the episode shows Elena sitting against her window, writing in her opened journal from earlier in the episode. It then switches to Stefan's journal, showing Katherine. He then abruptly closes the journal, getting off of his bed. Stefan's voice-over occurs in this part saying "I had a plan. I wanted to change who I was; Create a life as someone new, someone without the past." It then switches to Elena's voiceover saying "Someone without the pain." Then it has both of them saying "Someone alive". simultaneously. This is parallelism because it shows both of them viewing their journals back to back. 

5 Master Editing Shots

5 Master Shots

Contrast/Leit Motif

In this shot, you can see Antonia and Keith sulking down the hall with their backpacks. They are both walking in a gloomy demeanor. Antonia's mopey facial expression and Keith's slouched back indicates their somber spirit. The blue hue of the first two shots also adds to the bleakness. We inserted background music that would convey this sorrow well. After Keith's shot, the hue briskly transformed into a bright off-white shade, completely shifting the mood. It created a lively atmosphere and their facial expressions prove that. We added the song 'La Vie En Rose' by Daniela Andrade to complete the merry and romantic mood. This was all to show that Keith and Antonia's lives became joyful after they met.

Parallelism

In this scene, the first shot includes Antonia firmly grabbing Keith's shoulder with one hand and an object in her other. Keith is forced to turn around in haste and his face instantly screams terror. It then cuts to a close up of Keith's chest, as the object is in motion of 'stabbing' Keith, it suddenly cuts to him stabbing his salad. This transition compares both motions. 

Simultaneity

In the first shot, Keith is seen having a conversation with someone over the phone. He is talking "smack" about a girl, who is said to be small according to the conversation. As the conversation continues, he seems to be insulting the subject of the conversation about her love life. It then transitions to an over-the-shoulder shot of me talking about my love life. This links the two scenes together, showing what is happening and who is talking to who and about whom at the same time. 

Symbolism

Immediately, a text message conversation is occurring.  It shows Keith giving a blunt reply to his ex. Regarding the circumstances, Keith is seen to be conflicted and upset about the encounter online, it seems that this is the root of his problems at the moment. It then shows him throwing the phone (case) away, symbolizing that he is throwing his problems away.

Show/Movie

Jane the Virgin S4:E8 "Chapter Seventy-Two"

First scene- Jane's over the shoulder looking at Alba: This over the shoulder helps relay a message specifically from Jane to Alba, slightly excluding Xiomara, Jane's mother, and Alba's daughter. The emotions I feel are that because it doesn't show Xiomara, Jane and Alba are able to have a more intense and intimate one on one conversation. It made me relate to my grandmother and the pep talks she used to give me.

Second scene- High angle with Jane and Mateo and a medium shot of Rafael: It shows two different emotions. The high angle of Jane properly shows her facial expressions, and since she is with Mateo as he's sleeping, she can properly express her emotions. I can predict she's thinking hard. With Rafael in his single/medium shot, you can solely focus on his feelings and his smile shows what he might be thinking as well. It gives an insight as to how he is solely feeling.

Third scene- Master shot/Close up of Jane and Alba: This shows where they are located and who is and isn't there. It makes me feel like they have a lot of one on one conversations. It has a close up of both of them, showing their distress of Alba unable to accept Jorge's proposal.

Student's Shots

Drew:

The establishing shot helps to know where the setting is in and where it's taking place. The over-the-shoulder helped to describe the situation and what was going on. The extreme close up shows more intensity and suspense to the situation. The double shot helped wrap up the actions and what just happened in the bathroom.

Ethan:

The single/close up gave an insight into the view of a high school student. The master shot showed who it was involving and how they feel about each other. The low/dutch angle showed action and complication. The extreme close up helped show the emotions Ethan was going through.

Video Link: https://youtu.be/H0XroeAM-cY

10 Shots

Scene 1: Master shot- This shot establishes the setting and who is placed where. It was filmed in the main lobby, which was a difficult area to have crisp audio because of the constant people walking and talking. Although I was absent to film, I was run through of how the filming process went.

Scene 2: Over the shoulder- The scene is where Antonia is seen over the shoulder of Keith, talking about ordering an orange soda. The camera had to be leveled, positioned, and properly focused to get this shot. This shot in a way shows what Keith is looking at in his perspective.

Scene 3: Over the shoulder- This scene is where Keith is shown over the shoulder of Antonia, ordering the orange soda. This shows who talked to who.

Scene 4: Wide shot- Ethan, the waiter, comes up to ask us their orders. It provides another side/angle of the "restaurant"/main lobby. I'm assuming they took the camera off the tripod and positioned it on the table. This makes us more aware of the setting.

Scene 5: Close Up- This focused on Antonia's face while ordering the orange soda. This shows that Antonia is an important character. The close up on her face shows her normal, facial expression. There doesn't seem to be any conflicts, yet.

Scene 6: Close Up- Focused on Keith's face doing the same. Same effect.

Scene 7: Extreme Close Up- Even closer on Keith saying his order. This scene creates a more dramatic effect. An effect like it is something you have to focus on or you'll miss out on. This is when he orders his strawberry drink.

  

Scene 8: Canted/Dutch Angle- Antonia's reaction. This angle creates an uneasy and striking feeling. The camera turning lets us have an insight into Antonia's shocked and confused expression.

  

Scene 9: Medium Shot- This shot gives a more reality show type of vibe. Antonia's testimonial of her thoughts on the situation provides detail, where she might have excluded when she confronted Keith. This style of production is like a reality show and one of its qualities is drama, following with a testimonial.

Scene 10: Medium Shot- Keith's testimonial. Same effect.

  

Scene 11: High Angle- I actually filmed the last two shots; being only 4'10 it was difficult to keep them in the frame and from keeping the camera still. I had to pull up a chair on top of the chair, which was very dangerous. I think this shot gives the viewer a clearer angle. Antonia suddenly getting up shows where and why this is happening.

Scene 12: Low Angle- This shot concluded their friendship was over. Antonia walking away gave a dramatic end. One of our classmates Drew, had pointed out that the Low Angle shot of the legs walking away was like the segment that I worked on in class for "Behind the Id".