Engaging the viewer/creating space: Task Seven: DONE

Engaging the viewer/Creating space:

The pace of editing can create a huge effect on how the viewer reacts depending on the pace of the movie. For instance, not only will it grab the viewers attention but they will feel engaged in what their watching too. This would also mean that more people would be willing to watch a movie that could get them engaged so well, so it would attract more viewers.

The speed of editing process can have an emotional effect depending on the speed of the film. For instance, a fast edited film would create a very jumpy reaction whereas a very slow speed in a film would make the viewer/s feel very emotional and sympathy.

Cross cutting is another element which creates suspense for the viewers because of the expectations that it creates. This cross cutting technique is normally quick and short which adds to those effects on the viewer.

On the other hand, a cutaway effect may create a different reaction from the viewers. A cutaway shot is an interruption of  a continuously filmed action by inserting a view of something else, now this may confuse the viewer as to why there may be two completely different shots being shown without any hints but then would engage the viewer even deeply to find out what these two who's may be about. Moreover, developing drama in a film is one of the main things that holds the viewer's attention up.

My Cross Cutting Film:



My film began calm and with very little noise by the teacher walking into the classroom and introducing herself to the students. I then began to create some sort of tension between the teacher and the student by creating a little disagreement between them both. By having this argument so early into the film, it gives the audience a thought of what may happen next between these two people in such a small classroom.

Our next scene is where the teacher walks out of the classroom and the two students are misbehaving inconsiderately without the teacher knowing and we see that they seem to be very comfortable and almost forget that their teacher may be walking in any minute. This is where the tension begins because the audience fear that they will get caught in the trouble that they are creating whereas for the teacher she has no idea that her students are behaving in such way. So in this scene, to add suspense and tension for the viewers, I included a song which would add tension and make the audiences heart pound continuously, waiting for what will happen next and the song did exactly that.

The next scene is how the students reacted knowing that their teacher is just about to enter the classroom so to create more exaggeration in that particular moment, I added a slow motion effect when both students were jumping and rushing to their seats. I did this because I didn't just want the scene to end without leaving any impact on the audiences reaction, I wanted them to have some sort of unexpected reaction.

Finally to end my film I took a shot of the teacher walking into the classroom calmly, without suspecting a thing and to show all three of the actresses, I stood in a certain angle to see the student's faces and the teacher too.