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This first edit I came across in the film was Contrast. PT and Charity's lives are very different and this edit shows why very well. Charity is well dressed and sat at a table sipping tea from a beautiful teacup, while PT watches and makes his own wooden teacup to try to look like her. They are clearly living from different classses.  This next edit from the film is called Symbolism. PT was shown dressed as the showman in the beginning of the film but then the scene changed to when he was a little boy having the dream to be a showman before he actually became one.  The third edit from the show New Amsterdam is Simultaneity. The two characters are shown talking on the phone at the same time, but in different locations.      This next edit is Parallelism. PT and Charity are shown as young kids exploring an abandoned house that they love to go to. Later on in the film, they become married and live in that house together showing the same elements but ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr6pFRBu2L8 The first edit is called Contrast and that is where a scene drastically changes. The second edit is Parallelism where two unrelated scenes connect. The third edit is Symbolism where an object in a scene can have a meaning for something other than itself. The fourth edit is Simultaneity where two or more events are happening in the same reference. The fifth edit is Leitmotif where a reoccurring musical theme is connected to a subject or object.

I chose to watch an episode from the show "The Following". I picked this show because I'm already into the last season and I know that there are many types of unique shots used because of the type of show it is. Storyboard Shots This first shot I selected was a follow shot. In this scene, 2 guards are taking a prisoner to a bus where he will be transferred. The camera follows the 3 subjects onto the bus to create an intense feeling and to set up the importance of the inmate. The shot incorporated in this was also a cutaway shot. Once the inmate got onto the bus, the FBI agent who caught him (Ryan) was sitting on the bus waiting to see the inmate's reaction. The camera then focused on the inmate and captured his shocked face.   This next shot is a close shot. A close shot is a shot where the camera shows the subject from the shoulders and up. Ryan, the FBI agent in this shot, is talking to the inmate he surprised on the bus during his transfer. The shot i...