Band of Brothers:
What happens in the scene: Train journey identify’s a boy as a boy he killed in a war
Who is the main character: Captain winter soldier in uniform.
Why have they included a flash back: Gives reasons P.T.S.D and shows his backstory
What has it added to the scene: background of why he is acting and feeling like he is.
How have they identified that the scene is a flashback: They use sudden colour change to identify when a flashback is taking place.
What is the pace of the editing/ post production/ audio:
Fast as times back and forth from tam scenes to battlefield scenes.
Edward scissorhands:
What happens in the scene:
Edward has a flashback to the creation of various weird cookie like creations.
Who is the main character:
Edward Scissorhands
Why have they included a flash back: To show Edwards backstory.
What has it added to the scene: Given a sense of life the the character of Edward Scissor-hands.
How have they identified that the scene is a flashback: Sudden scene change instantaneously.
What is the pace of the editing/ post production/ audio? it uses sudden jump cuts and slow music. This causes the pace to be slower to build feeling.
Forrest Gump
What happens in the scene: Forrest is told that he’s different but he can run fast so he joins the army.
Who is the main character:
Forrest Gump
Why have they included a flash back: To give a sense of backstory to the character.
What has it added to the scene: It has added a sense of depth to the scene and makes it interesting.
How have they identified that the scene is a flashback: Forrest’s age changes at various points.
What is the pace of the editing/ post production/ audio? They jump between various time periods like most trailers.
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