EDITING SKILLS AND PROGRESS - HARRY YOUNG

Scott Coller's: From Asia With Love (main task film opening)

RESEARCH INTO SIMILAR PRODUCTS - 9 FRAME INCEPTION - HARRY YOUNG

(From left to right 1-3 top row, 4-6 middle row and 7-9 bottom row) 

RESEARCH INTO SIMILAR PRODUCTS - DEFINITELY MAYBE - HARRY YOUNG

(40 seconds in) We see the envelope is dropped on the table addressed with the name 'Mr William Hayes'. It is sent from a company composed of two second names, which is usually a solicitors business. We also see that the letter is to be returned to sender, meaning it is most likely divorce papers. The dropping sound is also very loud, reinforcing this thought.





(42 seconds in) Here we see Mr Hayes, who the letter was addressed to, sitting in his lovely office high up in a New York tower block. Straight away we see from his formal appearance and his desk and the logos in the background that he is some sort of graphical designer who is quite important to the business he's working for. The cluttered desk of many pens sheets shows that he has a hectic job. In his clothing appearance, we see him to be the normal office worker with a shirt and tie, clean shaven with neat hair. The logos in the background show popular food brands such as Quaker Oats and Cap'N'Crunch and that at some point he's worked with them. These food brands are high profile meaning Mr Hayes is vital to his business. His expression and the constant clicking of the pen in his hand shows that he knows exactly what the letter is and why it's there.






(45 Seconds in) In this frame we see one of Mr Hayes' fellow employees enter to tell him that they are working with a big client. This is obviously big news as they are a large company and would be paying out big amounts. We see from the out of focus background, that the work office is a big sized room with many fancy lights. This again shows that he's working for a top company. We see from the employee that shes quite happy about this account.





(1:20 minutes)

Here we see Mr Hayes walking out of the building he works in. We see an immediate change in his uniform as now he has his top button undone and his blazer open, more informal than before, maybe suggesting he couldn't wait to get out of work after the bad news. We that his work building is glass so again we see that is well known and so that everybody can see inside. 





As he's walking, he pulls out his MP3 player due to the quote in the scene before. Some sort of rap song starts to play, and this is meant to create humor for the viewer as it's pretty clear that he wouldn't be listening to that genre of music. The music then changes to 'Everyday People' and this is then the background song for the credits. This is good editing as it implements the dialogue to create music for the background.




He then calls the credits song 'perfect' which then allows it to be played through the credits as it's relevant to the character and the start of the film. This song by 'Sly and the Family Stone' was regarded as one of the best songs of the 60's and was different to the funk of the band and stuck more to upbeat pop. The name of the song can also be related to the main character as it seems he has a pretty average life; working in an office, with children and he did have a wife.





 Now the credits begin and screens start to overlap one another and the titles go between them whilst the song still plays. We see generic shots of Hayes walking around in New York as we see numerous yellow taxis and famous street signs.


Written\Published by Harry Young