tv web based drama editing

TV Web based dramaAnalysis of editing for the TV web based drama E20Series 1 Episode 1 E20

Order of shots

In these four shots you can see that they are an order of shots, because of the order of what happens, they show you a shot of the picture of Amira, what sets the scene of where they are, then it shows Lucy and Leon

running up the stairs, it then shows Leon and Lucy starting to kiss, and as they move into the room they knock the picture of Amira over and Leon picks it up and looks at it. And Lucy says ‘don’t worry about that, that’s Amira who used to live here’.

Continuity

The episode starts with Fats and Mercy the main characters at a meeting in a location that everyone who watches Eastenders would be familiar with.

This is an establishing shot of Zsa Zsa looking at the man looking for her.

This is a reverse shot of Zsa Zsa and the man looking for her.

This is an eye line match of Lucas looking at the youth minister.

There is a reverse shot of Mercy and Fats.

This is an eye line shot of Lucy walking out the door, in the next shoot you see that she was looking at the man who is chasing Zsa Zsa.

Over the shoulder shot.

This is a reverse shot of Leon and Lucy, arguing about ‘ratting Zsa Zsa out’.

This is a match on action shot of Lucy going to shut the door then in the next shot the door is being shut.

This is a tracking shot of Mercy and Fats walking.

This is an eye line match of Fats looking at something to help him with the situation he is in. In the next shot you see exactly what this is.

This is a low angle shot of Mercy showing she is in control.

This is an extreme close up of the man who has caught Zsa Zsa.