Purposes: 4. Creating Motivation

Alyx Entwistle

 

The main way of holding the interest of the audience in a film is by creating motivation. In order to determine how the audience feel and affect them in a positive way, the editing team must look for motivation in their cuts.

- It is vital to cut at the appropriate and right time to make sure the narrative develops and progresses further.

- Choosing the correct pace, depending on the genre of the film, of the cuts is also important.

- In order to help persuade the audience how they feel about a scene or a character, the editing team needs to get it right when cutting from one scene to another or from one character to another.

- Sound plays a bit part in creating motivation, too. For example, if a character hears a very loud noise, causing them to turn their head, cutting to the thing they are looking at keeps the audience interested.