When editing the clips there are 3 main aspects we need to consider, the first is the length, order and transitions between the different shots. We can use a combination of Sony Vegas, After Effects and iMovie to edit the film. The music used can sometimes dictate the length and order of shots to a certain extent as they have to work in sync with each other. The order will be established with storyboards and shot transitions will vary however for the majority of the time I think we will try and keep a fairly natural feel to the editing with the use of simple shot transitions. The length of shot in accordance to one another is not easy to analyse until we have the shots filmed and uploaded however I like the idea of a difference in shot length to add effect (i.e starting with short quick changing shots as the tension builds up) as seen in the film opening of City of God (which is similar to one of our possible pitches).
I think that the editing in this is amazing, the whole film is about a photographer who lives in the slums of Rio de Janeiro which is heavily populated by gangs, it shows a scene of meals being prepared cutting quickly between this process and a scene of a chicken who is trapped and then escapes at which point the transitions become less often and the scene calms down a lot. I think that this could be a metaphor for the trapped feeling that can come from gang culture, and even when the chicken escapes its death a group of 10+ men chase the chicken through the town violently threatening anyone who gets in their way or fails to catch the chicken. The main character is briefly shown. I think that we could possibly use a similar sort of feeling with shot transitions being fast and quick with perhaps a trapped animal for a metaphor.
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