week 8/9 project Five Master Edits with sound

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Week 7 - Jurassic Park

All five of my "Five Master Edit" videos for week seven are from one of my favorite movies; the original 1992 Jurassic Park!

This first video clip shows a crew of archaeologists excavating a several million year old T-rex fossil near the beginning of the movie, witch is then tied to the second part of this clip with the T-rex roaring in the Jurassic Park visitor building after he killed 2 raptors near the end of the movie.  The type of editing technique that I felt most represented this scene was the use of parallelism since the viewer can see and think how the dinosaurs transformed from harmless fossils left over from millions of years ago to creatures of death in the movie. 

This second video clip shows the difference between how three of the lead characters were stranded out in the jungle with dinosaurs during the night, while the other two lead characters were sitting inside eating ice-cream talking about their past lives.  Both of these scenes were occurring at the same time as well.  I felt the technique of contrast fit this clip the best since both groups of people shown are in such different locations and comfort zones at the same time, which almost consciously stimulates the viewer to think about how each group of people differ so much based on their situation.

In this scene form Jurassic Park, I chose to show how Malcolm sees the rippling of water from the T-rex's thunderous foot steps as it approaches, which foreshadows the T-rex bursting out of the woods ready to eat everyone just as they escape in the Jeep.  For this scene, the main theme of symbolism was a key component to the way the viewer looks at this scene since the rippling water represents the approach of the enormous T-rex in the movie.   

My second to last scene shows two of Jurassic Park's most iconic scenes where the Jurassic Park theme song is playing in both of them.  The theme of leit motif is a very strong fit for these two scenes since they both use the same music which connects the viewer to the Jurassic Park movie whenever they hear it.  

My final clip shows the two separate scenes where Dr.Satler is resetting the park's security and electrical fences, while at the same time three of the main cast members must climb over one of the electrical fences Satler is in the progress of turning on. This scene was a very good representation of simultaneity since both scenes in this clip are tied together through the similarity of Satler having to turn the electricity on to the fence that the three main cast members must climb over.   

  5 Master Edits Link:  https://youtu.be/2Vd4ihtfJGI

Overview of what each theme of editing represents in my video:

Contrast:  In my first section of my five master edits, I used a typed piece of paper and a hand written piece of paper to show contrast between the two.  Since a hand written piece of paper is so imperfect, uneven, unsymmetrical, and often hard to read based on the individuals writing style, I found that when I compared handwriting to typed paper, the two showed a very strong contrast between each other. 

Parallelism.  For the second portion of my five master edits video, I used an example of parallelism.  For parallelism, I used my 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee, and my friends 1994 Jeep Wrangler.  Even though the two cars look drastically different from each other, they both share the name Jeep, are from the same historical period of Jeep production, and many of the features and mechanics are virtually identical in both vehicles.  Due to these factors, an individual cans see how similar both cars are when compared to each other. 

Symbolism:  The third segment to my five master edits was on symbolism.  For symbolism, I chose to show how an ordinary tree in our backyard can so easily be turned into a cardboard box or piece of paper without us even thinking about it.  When I videoed the cardboard U-Haul box, I also included an image of recycling from the side of the box to include a tad of irony along with the main theme of symbolism.

Simultaneity:  For simultaneity; which shows action occurring in two different places at the same time, I chose to show my mom calling my name from the kitchen because I am in trouble, while at the same time I am seen leaving my room and walking across the house towards the kitchen. 

Leit Motif:  For my final theme of Leit Motif, I chose to show my daily routine from the morning to evening.  A clock from my house is also shown periodically, emphasizing the time of day along with what is occurring.    As I start off my day, the clock shows the early morning when I'm in my bathroom, and when I'm getting in my car to head to school.  Later on in the video clip, I can be seen doing work in class, walking in the hallway, and finally leaving school at 2:05 PM.