The Walking Dead: 5 Minute Editing Exercise

TV Drama: The walking Dead
Series: 3
Episode: 11 (I Ain’t A Judas)
Year: 2013
Time Slot: Monday 9pm (UK Time)
Air Channel: FOX
Target Audience: Male, Aged 18-49

Eye line Match – Andrea is shown looking around the town, it then cuts to a POV of what she is looking at, it cuts back to her face and she turns her head to look at something else, this cuts to the POV again showing a pan to the right.

Shot/Reverse shot – Andrea and the Governor are having a conversation. Shot/ reverse shot is used here when the each character is speaking. It is also used to show the reactions of the characters.
Long take – A long take is used to show each character walking out of their cell room this following the characters as they walk to a spot and have a conversation. The camera stays in this shot as they continue their conversation.
Visible editing – Visible editing is used throughout the show to show that it is not real life. The editing is visible because of the jumping between different angles and shot types.

Invisible editing – Used to show a natural transition during the scene.

Ellipsis – Shot of Andrea driving out of the prison in the daytime, then cuts to her arriving at the town in the night. Used to show time without showing all of the boring scenes in between.