Movement Essay

With the many films that we the audience are engaged in we are shown many things that we can question. We ask ourselves sometimes during a certain scene of a film how that shot is done. We are shown all of this by movement and editing. Movement and editing are a big role in film because if there was no time put into a film it would just end up being a crappy raw footage film. In the movies Snatch, Amelie, Across the Universe, Memento, Vanilla sky, and Donnie Darko, we are shown the power of editing and movement. In Snatch we are shown a great example of movement when Mickey has the boxing match against Horace. As soon as Mickey gets sent flying into the air its quite unique because we are shown many cuts of the film to a slowed down movement of film. Mickey lands into a pool of water being able to see his own body still getting pummeled which shows intensity of the action, but Mickey gets up and beats Horace only to have let Turkish and Tommy become screwed. This film shows great shots of how movement and editing can catch one persons attention to pull you into the film.

 Amelie there's a point where she finds herself lurking around her home and finding a little box held with memories.We see a shot where the phone booth is ringing and cutting from Amelie to Dominique. The pace of the movement changes as soon as he opens the box only to be filled with happiness because he has seen all of his memories that he put into there.


Across thee Universe is a film with much movement because of how much the pace changes throughout the travels of Jude. Jude meets many new people in New York and finds a good friend named Max. He introduces him to many new things in the world. They decide to move out into a place with other people accompanying him later is Max's sister Lucy. Jude and Lucy connect with each other and soon begin to find out that they're in love with each other. This shot here is quite interesting because the film moves quite fast and then suddenly changes to this slow motion shot of everything looking super nice and peaceful.

Memento shows us how powerful editing can really be. When we first look at the film we are shown an opening shot of this man and another man with a gun pointed right at his face. We then later are shown that this man is killed. We can say that this film is confusing because once it shows that Teddy is killed everything goes right back into reverse. The bullet from Lenny's gun goes back into it and Teddy gets back up again giving Lenny a speech about who he really is. The editing from this film is quite powerful because we are shown variety of different cuts and a flash forward as well.

Vanilla Sky probably shows really well editing to capture the viewers attention. In this film David is trying to fight for his love Sophia as the image of his old girlfriend keeps coming up in his head every time he is engaged with Sophia. From this shot we see that David is jumping off a building. Whats unique about this shot is that before this happens we see that David's friend comes out of nowhere as well as Sophia. There are also cuts from each person's face giving David that okay to go face his fear and start over with a fresh new life. The editing tools used in this film are great to keep the viewers entertained and not bored because it pulls your attention to the film even more.

 The final film Donnie Darko has really cool editing involved with it. Donnie looks kind of possessed in this shot right here right after he has taken his medication. We see that Donnie is using a knife to jab at the window and you can see that cool effect of the mirror which is kind of like a barrier to another dimension that can't be broken. Really Donnie is trying to get at his imaginary friend Frank, who is telling him to do many horrible things for his family's sake.We can say that as the viewer from this shot we might feel uncomfortable because of how Donnie's eyes look which is a great aspect of the film. Throughout all of these films they all display their own unique talents of movement and editing. Without these components there wouldn't be any entertainment at all for the audience. We can say that editing and movement are really key components of film making to grab viewers attention.