Throughout the whole of the clip ‘Diary Of A Call Girl’ Continuity editing is used all the way through to keep the clip looking normal another name for this would be invisible editing because it is used to not be obvious that editing has taken place. At the start of the clip, ‘Cuts’ have been used over and over where the girl is meeting the dad and the disable boy. By using the ‘Cuts’ This portrays to the audience the awkwardness in the atmosphere, this could represent the disability of the boy, because of the editing because the audience are made to feel like they don’t know where to look with the editing.
Eye line match is used, where there is a close up of the girl, the audience can see that she is looking down to the boy, which shows that he is lower down and can show that he is less capable because he is in a wheel chair then, there is a cut and we are then looking up at the dad, and the dad looking awkwardly, and uneasy, this could highlight the awkwardness surrounding the boys disability. Another eye line match is used when the boy is looking up at the girl, this is also a low angle shot and shows that she has power this could represent the fact that she is more capable than him, and has more power, which could then emphasis and build the representation of his disability.
When the dad is picking up from the wheel chair and then putting him on to the bed, there is a two match on action happening throughout that little piece of action, this is used to see the action from two perspective’s. By using this, it is helping to highlight the seamless action and also the continuity action. Eye line match is used again when the boy is on the bed, and the girl is at the door, the audience are looking at the girl from the boys point of view. We can tell that the boy is feeling uneasy about the girl locking the door, when we are at his eye level, the eye line match draws attention to the vulnerability of the boy, also that he doesn’t want the door to be locked in case he needed he dad and he couldn’t get in. This is a representation of disability because it shows he relies on his dad and shows she cannot physically look after himself. There is a shot reverse shot when the boy and girl are talking, they have a quick conversation, with very short answers, this highlights the awkwardness with the boy and girl, there isn’t much conversation , and a lot of awkward silence.
When the audience are presented with the dad out side, this is a cross cut, because, we just see the girl and the boy on the bed, now we can see the dad getting in a van, in a different setting, presumably outside the place he had just been in. This portrays to the audience that the dad is worried about leaving his son, this highlights that the dad is very protective of his son, this could also point out the fact that he isn’t capable that his father has to go everywhere with him, could represent disability.
When the dad gets back into the van, we are presented as an audience a series of jump cuts, The camera has stayed in the same position. This is shown when the dad is waiting for his son to do his business, and it shows what the dad is getting up to, but it cuts bits out, so it shows to the audience that time has passed, it could also suggest that he is restless, and as well anxious , which shows the worry of him about his son. When we go back to the bedroom, where the girl and boy is, it doesn’t occur to the audience that much time has passed, which then relates back to the dad in the van and portrays that his is restless and anxious, As well as the jump cuts being there to portray passing time, they are also there for the audience to realise that there has been editing in the clip.
All tasks completed to a high standard, well done.
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