Mia's AICE Media Blog

  The first editing technique was contrast. The first shot is of me and Loren fighting in the hallway, then it cuts to a shot of me and Loren talking and being friends again. The next editing technique is parallelism. The first shot zooms in to the water in a cooler and then fades to the water of the pool. These two scenes are connected by their focus on water. The next editing technique is symbolism. For this technique, we cut from me drawing the math symbol pi to an actual pie from the grocery store. Even though these two things do not mean the same thing, they are pronounced the same way and are sometimes joked as connecting to each other. The next editing technique is simultaneity. For this one, it cuts back and forth between me studying hard and Loren asleep with her books open. It shows that both me and Loren were supposed to be studying at the same time, but I was working hard while she was asleep. The last editing technique is Leit Motiff. For this shot, I filmed from the p...

 I chose the movie Cruella because it is a newly released Disney movie. This movie is new and action-packed and has lots of different and unique camera angles.  The first scene is a close-up of Cruella right after she was born. This close-up shows the details of her as a baby and focuses on her hair which is black on one side and white on the other. Only a close-up shot could emphasize Cruella’s hair like this scene does. This is very important to the movie because the hair is Cruella’s defining feature. The hair symbolizes Cruella’s split personality between Estella who has dyed red hair and Cruella who has her natural split black and white hair. This close-up shot also shows how Cruella is unique even as a newborn baby and this will affect her throughout the whole movie.  The second shot is a follow shot of Cruella when she is in primary school. She is walking through the halls of the school and the follow shot puts emphasis on her and shows her confidence despite it be...