Editing

Today in television, you can’t get far into your channel surfing with out finding a show about a superhero.   And just like the comic books they are based on, it won’t take long until you see a fight sequence.  In this particular fight sequence, the main characters from Arrow (the Arrow, Oliver Queen) and the Flash (the flash, Barry Allen) are fighting each other.  What makes it different from other fight sequences is that not just the classic punching and kicking, the Flash is incredibly fast making the way the shots are going to be set up and edited different that the classic fight sequence. 

            The editing definitely contributed to the feel of this piece.  Firstly the music being played is at a very fast tempo, adding to the pace of the fight.  The sounds also add to the feel of the movement, Because the Flash is supposed to be moving at such a rapid pace, the sounds add to that feeling of movement, especially when you don’t see the character, you just see the light.  While most of the time the editing is seamless, allowing you to follow where the characters are moving, the editing becomes quite obvious while they are hitting each other, using the slowness to jump from one characters point of view to the other.  While there are fast cuts and longer shots through out the entire sequence, they follow a very specific order.  Each shot leads into the next one.  When you see the Arrow shooting his bow and pulling himself up the building followed by the flash following him and then having him fall, each shot is linear and would not work in another order.  Editing played a huge role in this sequence and would definitely not have been possible to do filming straight through.

(I mainly focused on the actual fight itself, ignoring the other characters reaction shots)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmRgRve8Cg8