History of Editing
When editing first came about they had to actually cut the film with scissors and then splice it back together. Nowadays they just do it in editing systems such as premiere pro and sony vegas. before any of This they had to do all on the camera by cutting in the exact right time and had to press record in the exact right place as well.
At the beginning of the scene it shows the daughter looking at something at the bottom of the corridor ad then when the mother asks what she is doing and hey both look at the bottom of the corridor and then then you see Valak (the nun) standing there. The way that they edit this is by having an eye-line match which is where the character looks out of frame and then usually in a POV shot or at least very close to a POV. This is to help you feel the way that the character is feeling as it puts you into their shoes.
When the mum walks through the door it starts with a POV and then it cuts to her walking through the door. This is a match on action which helps us follow the scene. These cuts help us to understand what is happening in the shot without getting confused.
As the scene progresses the editing gets faster and faster which gets our adrenaline going and that gets our heart going. This makes us feel very uncomfortable. It almost makes us start to panic, this is fully intentional as they want us to be as uncomfortable as possible.
At one point in the scene it really slows down, this is at the art the nun's shadow starts walking across the wall. This makes us wonder what is going to happen next. This gets out heart racing even more and makes us panic a lot more. This whole part makes the viewers heart start beating very fast.
After this it starts to pick up the pace again and it makes us feel the exact same way as before but in this shot it leads to a jump-scare which is the big pay-off after all of the suspense. If you want to create a jump-scare you have to build up he suspense which starts off slow but then when the actual scare itself happens it need to get really quick out of nowhere so no one knows when it is coming.
Continuity
There is not any establishing shots (a shot that shows you where the scene is located) in this scene, it just jumps straight in looking at the characters. I think that they decided to do this so that it makes you feel very uncomfortable and you are not familiar with your surroundings. I think that this has a strong as you do not know where they are located in the house.
The 180 degree rule, this is when you have to stay on one side of the characters so that the audience do not get confused about where people are standing, was never broken in this sequence. When they go into the room with the nun painting the camera is always on the left side of the room.
In this scene there are shot reverse shots, these are typically used when two or more characters are talking. They use this in the scene when the nun is running after the woman, this creates suspense as it starts to cut quickly between shots. This picks up our heart rate which causes a sense of panic which then creates a more dramatic effect.
There is at least one match on action, this is where one action continues through two shots. This helps continuity as it doesn't stop the flow of the scene. The only one that I found was as she walks through the door, it starts behind her when she opens the door and then goes to the other side of the door.
An eye-line match is where a character looks out of shot and then it cuts to a POV which helps you feel what the characters feels when you see what they are looking at for the first time. This is used so that everything the character feels you feel as it puts you in their shoes for a brief moment.
Identification with main protagonist or other characters
The way that you can tell you the main protagonist is by seeing who has the most screen time. The main protagonist always has the most screen time as it is their story being told. If there is a character who still gets a lot of screen time but just not as much then they are most likely the supporting actor. The main character in this scene the mother as she is the one with the most screen time. The supporting character would be the nun based purely on the fact she gets a lot of screen time as well but not as much as the mother.
Close-ups are important in a scene as they make the audience feel uncomfortable because we are not used to being that close to somebodies face. There are a couple in this scene, one that stuck out to me was when the nun started running at the mother. This causes a sense of panic as the music also starts to kick in but the fact that her face is up close just makes it that much more creepy.
Main characters also get a fair amount of point of view shots as it makes us feel how the characters feel and we can also get the same reaction that they get. These are usually only used fro the main character and occasionally the support characters.
The director usually shows the main characters reactions as we want to know how they are feeling when they see something that might give out a reaction.
In this scene they all kind of shots, for example there are long shots, close-ups etc. one of the close-ups is when you can see the painting over the mothers shoulder. This is an effective shot as it makes it seem as if there is always someone hanging over your shoulder.
During this scene there are multiple point of views when the nun starts to chase the woman and the POV shots keep switching between the two characters so that you can see how they are reacting and what kind of faces are being pulled.
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