Saturday, 23 April 2016

Providing & Withholding information

Why do this?

- Providing and withholding information is a very strategic strategy which is used by the editor to keep the viewer engaged.
- It is used to generate good effects in genres such as horror and thriller. This is when the audience isn't aware about what is happening within the physical space the action is situated in is of importance to gather the audiences emotional response.
- Information can often be provided by employment within cutaways or cut-ins or withheld by the absence of these shots.

Example:
- An editor of a horror scene where a character is being hunted by an attacker may elect to use footage shot from the former's POV.
- In the right setting, a vast amount of tension can be generated by the viewers being able to see events unfolding through their eyes of the victim to be, from his POV turning it with them



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