Today in class we started by reinstating the goal of the past few days: to analyze editing and how it can contribute to the narrative, the themes, as well as the practicality of filming. We analyzed two clips in class, the coffee run scene from Baby Driver, and the music video for Sweatpants by Childish Gambino. The stylistic choices in Baby Driver contribute heavily to character development, as well as setting the tone for the rest of the film. The scene shows him walking around the street, not watching for cars, and not thinking about anything but himself. This makes us feel like he is arrogant and confident. The movements of the character syncing up with the music, as well as the graffiti matching with the lyrics of the song show us how important music will be throughout this film. Sweatpants also had some interesting stylistic choices. Often the music would continue playing, but he would stop singing and check his phone, or do something else. This gave the feeling that he didn't particularly care, despite the strange things that were happening around him. Both of the scenes have the appearance of being one long take, but Hiro Murai opted to use hidden cuts and special effects instead of actually doing one long take. This effect makes both scenes seem fluid and smoother. After we analyzed both scenes we had to write a paragraph as one of the directors, deflecting hate from their work. Our group decided to write our paragraph from the perspective of Edgar Wright, defending his own work, while praising both his and Murai's work.
Analyzing these two scenes made me remember other scenes like these, that are made to look like it is one continuous take. One of these scenes in particular is a fight scene from Netflix's Daredevil.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B66feInucFY
These scenes are particularly useful in action movies, because it can make the action look much more fluid, clear and realistic than having a lot of cuts like most action movies have.
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