Film language test - Learner Response.

Mark: 30/48
Grade: B-

WWW: big improvement! well done!
LR: write another paragraph on your blog about editing - pace, use of eyeline match, etc.


Learner response.
In the opening scene, the editing used has quite a slow place which is effective in building tension in the scene. This slow motion pace is used in many aspects during the scene, for instance, slow motion is used for when the killer drops his cigarette on to the petrol, which creates an action code(Barthes) as we know something violent is going to happen and also it creates an enigma code(Barthes) as we wonder what is going to happen and why. The slow pace stays and carries on until the final shot of flames shooting into sky which increases the emotional impact and adds to the eerie atmosphere. 
The use of eyeline match from Keaton towards the killer is not followed by editing which raises tension as the audience want to know who the killer is but are denied this as they are not shown a full profile of face of the killer and instead the audience only get to see the killers body which adds suspense and creates an enigma code (Barthes) as we want to know who he is.