CONTINUITY SHOTS BY USING ACTION EDIT TO CREATE SUSPENSE IN STUPOR FILM

Abstract

According to Walter Murch’s book, In The Blink of An Eye, film editing prioritizes emotion over its continuity. In thriller film, editing technique that mostly applied to make the emotion or feeling uncomfortable is by using long take. There is a study where the editor removes the pre-cut motion and changes the original audio, but the results show how the viewers pay less attention to the new clip, with no pre-cut, meanwhile the audio shows the big role for the film. In this case, continuity acts important to attract the attention of the audience. According to Bowen and Thompson, Action Edit is used to combine two shots with the same subject in different frames, paying attention to 6 elements: information, motivation, composition, camera angle, sound and most importantly continuity. Referring to Gianetti, using a close up shot in the middle of a medium shot can dramatize a story. In this context, Action Edit, using the straight cut, applied between different shots showing continuous action of subjects smoothly. The writer applies the theory about Action Edit in the film titled “Stupor” and analyse it. There are different effects between using long take and Action Edit to create suspense. The results reflected the effectiveness of using Action Edit by paying attention to the six elements in it to create suspense in "Stupor" film.