Bordwell & Thompson's Theory Applied to Music Video- Research

Bordwell and Thompson's (2001) Four Categories of Film Editing.

Graphic----

Graphic draws on 'Pictorial Qualities' in mise-en-scene and cinematography.
-Graphic Match
-Graphic Continuity
-Graphic Discontinuity

Rhythmic----

Duration of Shots.
Accent, beat and tempo of sound.
Pace

Spatial-----

Focuses on Space.
-Continuity needs to see a establishing shot
-no establishing shot= 'a spatial whole'
-crosscutting

Temporal-----

Order, duration and frequency
Order can change story
Duration

I will apply the Rhythmic editing throughout the creation process of my music video as it is the most approach editing technique to fit the type of media I will create - a Music Video.