Editing 'About a Boy'

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This paper discusses the techniques used to edit the movie 'About a Boy'. According to the paper, some of the more common techniques apparent in this movie are wipes, dissolve shots, shot/counter-shot, cross cuts, axial cuts, jump cuts, montages and freeze frames.

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"Dissolve shots are also evident. The first is when we see a shot of Marcus's hamster, which fades out and then focuses on Marcus in the background. Dissolve shots are also used through the next few scenes of Marcus, not so much for transition, but for an emotional effect as well as to indicate a lapse of time.
Most of the beginning of the film is made up of close-ups of small actions, so the first master shot we see is when Will drives away from this flat on his way to his sister's house to see her new baby, Imogene. This sets up the location of Will's flat as a small oasis, or island as Will likes to consider it, in the middle of dense civilization."

Sample of Sources Used:

• About a Boy. Dir. Chris Weitz Paul Weitz. Perf. Hugh Grant, Nicolas Hoult, Toni
• Collette, Rachel Weisz. 2002. DVD. Universal, 2002.
• Boggs, Joe, and Dennis Petrie. The Art of Watching Film. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003.

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