My Five Master Edits (A Film By: Kayla Charde)

 

Shot One: Contrast

In this shot, I contrasted the two characters of Jack. He approaches Ben who is holding a sign that reads "homeless; please share money". Jack looks in his wallet and signals that he has no change or money to spare. In the next scene I cut to Jack later in the day to making it rain money. This shows contrast because it shows Jack portraying two different personas. 

Shot Two: Parallelism

In this shot, I had Jack and Ben both walk to our front door but from different points of view. Jack is walking to the outside of the door from our parking lot. Ben is walking to the front door from inside the house and from the top of the stairs. This  shows parallelism because it cues the viewer to compare two distinct elements by highlighting some similarity which is the POV of walking below the hips. 

Shot Three: Symbolism

In this shot, I zoomed in on the temperature on the weather app saying its 82 degrees out. I then cut to me zooming out and panning the weather outside. This shows symbolism because the temperature on the weather app symbolized and showed the weather outside perfectly. It was bright and cool out, just what 82 degrees should feel like. 

Shot Four: Simultaneity

In this shot, both Jack and Ben are seen running in two different locations with Nerf guns appearing to be frightened or surprised. Simultaneity is the relation between two events assumed to be happening at the same time in a given frame of reference. Both boys are doing the same thing, but it adds suspense that they are in different locations. 

Shot Five: Leitmotif 

In this shot, we see Jack and Ben acting crazy and hyper when no one is home.  The sound of the keys unlocking the door, or the keys dangling emphasizes that an adult or a parent is coming  home and it is time to start behaving. In the first shot, they are acting crazy and when the keys appear the boys run to the couch and sit hands crossed. In the second shot, Ben is jumping on the couch and misbehaving and then when the keys appear he springs to the door with a broom and starts his chores. In the last scene, Ben is watching TV and playing on the tablet, but when the keys appear and unlock the door he tosses aside the tablet and starts his homework.