Editing task

The film clip that I am going to be analysing is Snatch which is a film about “Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewellers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.” *imdb*. The clip that I’m using is the last fight scene and in this clip the director uses a combination of different types of shots to add to the drama of this final confrontation.

Firstly, they use over the shoulder shot to show the best angle to seeing the fight. Also by using a lot of over the shoulder shots as a result it portrays the point-of-view from the from one of the fighters perspectives. However the director also used a lot of medium close shots as well this also links with the use of the over the shoulder shots because by only showing the torso upwards in boxing that is the most important area the torso, head and arms.

Secondly, the director used some point-of-view shots basically they will use shots when you only see what the character is seeing but the director only uses this shots inconsistently because he wants to create the atmosphere of high intensity and also being in a closed environment because you see in the area that they are in that the arena is packed with spectators so they only use the point of view shots when they want to focus on the damage that is being taken from the fighters. Also the director filmed certain parts of the fight in a montage format this is effective because they use it to emphasise the damage taken

Thirdly, the director used and long shot but from multiple angles in one of my favourite scenes in the movie what’s happening is that one of the fighters is being knocked out and he’s falling through the air and uses a long shot to get the full effect of that one punch that set him flying and the director complements this scene with a match cut it’s my favourite scene in the clip and the director used a low angle shot to show how the character is falling to the ground and how the other character is above them.

Finally, I talked about this earlier but the director used a montage in the clip but they used freeze frames in the clip it show a passing of time but the director used the freeze frames to show more violent scenes of the characters punching each other this gives the effect of time pasting and throughout that time the high intensity atmosphere maintain throughout and also he used the Dutch tilt as well to maintain the high intensity of a boxing match.

In conclusion I believe that the director has used a range of different types of shot in the clip ranging from point of view shots to low angled shots and even the Dutch Tilt overall this is one of my favourite clips in the movie because it concludes everything in the film in one scene and how everything comes down it this one boxing match.