Hacksaw Ridge Assignment Instruction

Film Evaluation Class

Subject: Editing, Image & Music

Film to be evaluated:  Hacksaw Ridge

 

John Gilbert won the Academy Award for best editing for the film Hacksaw Ridge in 2016. As you watch the film this week, identify three editing techniques used in three specific scenes. Explain how the editing helped in the coherence, continuity, rhythm, transitions, emotional impact, tempo, time expansion or compression, or mise-en-scene. You do not have to write a full essay but at least a full, descriptive paragraph. (no more than one page). Describe the scene and the technique used. Please prepare to discuss in class.

 

 

Film Link:

https://sonshub.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/SonsHub-Movie-Hacksaw-Ridge-2016_(www.sonshub.com).mp4

 

 

Book Link: The Art of Watching Film

Go to Page Overview:  Chapter 6 (Editing)

https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/63236307/the-art-of-watching-films-8th-edition-by-dennis-petrie