There have been two distinct reactions to the editing in the beginning of Sean's video: it was engaging, versus it was amateur. The seminarian who looked at my work professed an appreciation of longer, lingering shots, and while I am also a fan of contemplative cinematography I decided to edit Sean's morning routine in quick succession and with a certain disjointedness between each shot to further illustrate his rather rigidly sequential nature. However, in order to accomodate a cross-examination of a more lingering, illustrative sequence of shots versus faster, more pronounced editing, I have edited Alex's video with many more long takes and drawn out scenes than I allowed for Sean (or at least the earlier part of his day). This also corresponds to the less linear and sequential, extended monologuing qualities that define Alex's work in relation to Sean's, and in a sense I have found it exposes a certain drama in the proceedings that is itself drawn out and prolonged seemingly indefinitely, similar to Nuri Bilge Ceylan's use of long takes in Uc Maymun.
Still from Uc Maymun. (Source: http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/2008/10/10/uc-maymun-three-monkeys/ )
Alex soldering jewellery in preparation for a core assessment.
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