Editing - Scene 4

The fourth scene is more of an extension to scene 3 and is the culmination of this main part of the narrative, with only the epilogue to follow. To me it was important to show the recognition and acknowledgement between these characters in a brief but memorable way. 

Since this sequence signifies a slight change of setting, I have decided to include a potential establishing shot to introduce the locational shift. However, I am unsure on whether I will need to use it because my entire short film is supposed to be a progressive journey and so using a new establishing shot will disrupt the seamlessness of the walk and make it seem as though the new setting is an important factor, when in fact it isn't. I thought it may be aesthetically pleasing and so depending on how this affects the pace of the overall film, I may choose to use or discard the shot. 

I had to make a decision from the two shots above on how I wanted the Father to get into the car. In the top screenshot, I use the shot from his perspective that shows how he suspiciously looks at Dylan from the mirror on the inside of the car, whereas the bottom screenshot circles around to show Dylan watch as he lets his target go. I thought that it was more important to include the shot of Dylan because he is the main character and so it becomes more necessary to show him opting to let the two of them go. That being said I may cut back and forth so that I can use both of these shots to some degree and capture both characters, although that will lose some of the effectiveness behind the arc shot around Dylan.

As screenshotted above, most of the actual trimming down of this scene was done by cutting a couple of seconds from the end of each shot. I wanted to talk about the shot above because of its lack of clarity. Originally I wanted this long shot to do a push focus to Dylan in the distance, but due to technical inconsistencies the push focus didn't quite work. Looking back however, I think that this shot works very effectively because the blur can symbolise Dylan's insignificance, adding to how the bond of the Father and Son isolates him to the extent where it undermines his presence.