Editing Analysis

At the beginning of the clip, there is a reverse shot of the main character's necklace and the antagonist. This shows the value of the necklace as it reflects his desire and need to get this necklace due to the tension being built, and due to this understanding of his greed, this creates an action code, as we expect him to do something wild and bizarre to get this necklace. Also, this suggests that there will be disequilibrium as tension arises and the atmosphere gets more stressful. Furthermore, the close-up of this part of the man’s costume (the necklace) further emphasises the value of it and the fact that it's green and looks elegant. This connotes that it perhaps has something to do with luck or that it at least has great value for money or power. This creates an enigma code as we wonder about the power of the necklace and its importance to these people. Eventually, we see the antagonist and protagonist fight, which unfolds into a disequilibrium within the plot.

We can tell each character's role by their clothing and applying Propp's character theory for example, we can tell the protagonist is the man in red as red is a colour associated with brightness, strength and courage, which anchors our opinion of him. Furthermore, we can tell the antagonists apart as they wear black, which connotes danger, mystery and crime. Additionally, the woman accompanying the assumed protagonist is wearing a ponytail and a tracksuit jacket. This suggests that she has a pratical personality as she also states “Come one bro” which shows us how she subverts conventional stereotypes of women in hero films  (which are typically depicted as the damsel in distress who is innocent and cares a lot about her vanity) due to her casual clothing and modernised speech suggests that instead of being the one who’s being saved, she’s a helper of the assumed protagonist. 

Towards the middle of the clip, as the action continues, a man with a blade for an arm is revealed, which is when the camera tilts down, creating a slower pace, to show his blade being revealed, which raises the thrill that the audience has due to this unexpected surprise. After this, he swings his blade at the protagonist, which is when the clip slows down which creating an even slower pace through which this creates more excitement as we understand how the protagonist dodges this move, which seems almost inhumane and too powerful. This sequence follows continuity editing as the sequence follows this chronological story; therefore, this continued action maintains the audience's thrill and excitement for the movie as they are watching something that they usually wouldn’t (Blumber and Katz). 

However, towards the end, this continuity editing stops and a flashback is cut to, which prevents the audience from getting bored and introduces new information to the audience, which may answer questions and hence rewarding them. A sound bridge is used to link and anchor the clips altogether as one narrative. Furthermore, at the end, the video cuts to a series of montages which feature different parts of the film, which gives not only a preview of what’s to come but also excites viewers with the various content provided. The juxtaposition of the modern setting with the village-like area contrasts with each other, which shows the audience how this is not only a usual and stereotypical superhero movie but also a movie about culture and heritage.

Throughout the entire course of the action, the setting takes place in bright daylight with high-key lighting, which typically connotes happiness and peace, but by having this fighting scene alongside this lighting creates a binary opposition, which also emphasises the fictional part of this story, as it is so bizarre that something like this would happen in public in broad daylight. The fact that we can watch this peculiar and strange event play out in the movie links to Blumber and Katz's theory on audience pleasures again, specifically diversion and also entertainment. Even more, we can consider the setting as well as it takes place on a bus which adds to this concept of strangeness, and almost comedy, as fight scenes usually take place on planes or trains, but having a bus as the setting is seen as more different and unusual since we see buses more in our everyday lives adds a comedic effect as the movie makes this seem more usual.

As we progress to the end of the clip, during the flashbacks, there is a match cut transition from the flashback to the protagonist in the present, which represents how his childhood is a key part of him and how he has brought these experiences of childhood to his daily modern life and his current struggles. At the end, we see the protagonist ready to fight at the flashbacks setting which creates an enigma code as we wonder what he’s doing back and what he’s fighting for, which could be perhaps due to his necklace or the bracelets (which are weapons) as the value of those two things are highly foreshadowed before this clip through various shots and editing such as the close ups and how the clips frequently focus on them.