THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY

HARMEET KAUR

ESTABLSHIGNSHOT An establishing shot establishes the setting of a scene.When we see a shot of the sun setting behind the exterior of a building, and then we cut to the inside of that building where our scene takes place, we have seen an establishing shot.Below have picked three main sots that I think are establishing shots.

This movie the great train robbery has a lot of establishing shots, from the beginning to the end hey have a lot of establishing shots because there is a lot going on . As you can see below that there is a still of the clerk siting in his office I have chosen this scene because it shows specifically where he robbery will take place.

In the still above it shows when the train is arriving at the Platform , I have chosen this still as an establishing shot cause this is where it shows where The thieves will escape to and it also shows where everyone will be robbed.

Lastly in the still below it shows when they have stolen the train. I had chosen this to be my last establishing shot because it shows what they use to get away with all the goods.

CONTINUITY EDITING

A system of cutting used to maintain continuous and clear narrative action by following a set of rules.

This film the great train robbery has a very clear narrative structure. This is the structure of the narrative as you can see in the print screens above they explain parts of the narrative. This is the summery of the narrative; the print screens show the thieves stealing money from the bank, then hijacking a train. After that stealing from passengers on board the train. The bank clerk got shoot and the police finds out and at the end a shoot out happens. The audience are able to follow what is happening in his film, and they will not be confused with what's going on. By doing this summary it shows that the film is simple and easy to follow for the audience.

WORK BENCH CUTTING The work bench cutting allows directors and creators of a film to watch the film and cut it at the same time.

In this move work bench cutting was used various times. The director used a lot of jump cuts as well as match on action in the film., not only this but he has used the splicing method as well. As you can see in the left screen shots above that two dress's are coloured, this was not filmed coloured but in fact they painted on the colour of the dress n the women, they did this when they were editing the film. Through out this film we see that different parts of the film come together and that some scenes overlap which causes a jump cut.

30 DEGREE RULE

The 30-degree rule is a basic film editing guideline that states the camera should move at least 30 degrees between shots of the same subject occurring in succession.

These two screen shots are explains of the 30degree rue, as you can see that both of these screen shots are very different the still n the left hand side shows people getting ribbed by the thieves from the outside of the train, then in a short period of time someone is laying dead on the train tracks; the 30 degree rule was used here because we saw that the camera turned just a bit to create a different scene and something different happening in the scene.

TECHNIQUES USED IN THE FILM

The great train robbery has various differently techniques used in it. Examples are jump- cuts, location shooting and less stage-bound camera placement., cross- cuts minor camera movement. Most of these techniques were used for the first time. They also had showing two separate lines of action or events happening continuously.

The film shows back and forth of scenes for example the bandits beating up the telegraph operator.; to the operators daughter divorcing her father, to the operators recruitment of a dance hall posse and to the splitting up what they have stolen and having a final shoot- out.

The film also had employed the first pan shots in scenes eight and nine, not only this but it is the first film to have gunshots forced someone to dance in scene eleven.

The fireman was replaced by a dummy with a jump cut this was done in scene 4, when being thrown out of the train. This film was the first film to have this kind of scene in it in history.

JUMP SHOT

A jump shot is a cut in film editing in which two sequential shots of the same subject are taken from camera positions that vary only slightly. This type of edit gives the effect of jumping forwards in time.

At first we see the train at the train station where the theirs are hiding so that no one can see them, then they use a jump shot to show the thief's inside the train to steal it.

Match on action and a jump cut is used together, this is how; we see the thief's go through the doors and they they sue a cut so that the audience can see them escaping from above. When thief's come in and out of doors we can see them, they have done this so that it would make sense for the next scene.

They had used a jump shot for this part of the film so it would be quicker to watch but they can also change the scenes from one to another.

MATCH ON ACTIONMatching on action refers to film editing and video editing techniques where the editor cuts from one shot to another view that matches the first shot's action.

In the first sill we can see the robbers getting into the train and in the second still we can see then driving away- making their escape. In this scene they have used match on action, they used this so that it would make sense how they got from where they were to the location of the train and to make sense to the audience watching it.

MATCH ON ACTION

We see the robbers going out of the room and then the next scene is of them hiding when the train is coming towards them. They do this so that passengers In the train don’t see them coming out of the train station. Match of action is used here because the audience is following the action that is going on in the film as it happens and this also follows the concept of continuity editing.