Below is a scene in a basic screen play format.
Some background on the characters:
- Brice is a skilled con artist who is blackmailing Carter.
- Carter is president of a company. Made a deal with Brice to become president.
- Janice the personal assistant, so far the audience does not know much about her.
Brice and Carter just had an argument and Brice is walking out the door. For now, let's stick with two ways this scene can be edited.
INT. Day. President Office
Scene 1
Carter stands with his back to Brice. Janice stands in the doorway. Brice glares between Carter and Janice. Carter smiles and Janice winks
BRICE
Your gonna get yours and when you do you won't know what hit ya
Janice holds the door open. Brice stops a moment before Janice. Speaking to her he repeats his threat
BRICE
Yep keep your eyes open
Carter waves his hand dismissively
CARTER
Yeah whatever
Scene 2
Carter stands with his back to Brice. Janice stands in the door way.
BRICE
Your gonna get yours and when you do you won't know what hit ya
Carter waves his hand dismissively
CARTER
Yeah whatever
Janice holds the door open. Brice glares at the back of Carter's head. Brice turns to Janice who smiles and winks.
BRICE
Yep keep your eyes open
Hopefully, that was clear. What was your reaction to the two scenes? Did you get a different feeling between the two?
If so then that was all due to how the scene was edited. I hate to call it manipulation, but that's what it is. Based no the sequence of images, you can get two different reactions.
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