By watching my lecture on the opening scenes of The Hurt Locker, you will be able to see how editing choices (and a little bit about cinematography and casting) function in a film to amplify its mood and theme.

About journal entry about editing in The Hurt Locker will allow you to explore and develop an idea about this topic.

Tasks for this assignment

Make sure you have already watched The Hurt Locker.

Then, fast-forward through The Hurt Locker until you see a moment of editing that interests you--a cut or series of cuts that strike you as noteworthy in some way, a choice to begin or end a shot or scene at a particular moment in the action, or any other element of editing that you learned about in your reading and lectures this week.

Next, rewatch this moment at regular speed and think about what effect (i.e., mood, tone, or theme) the editing creates or emphasizes.

Finally, post approximately two hundred wordjis journal entry describing what you noticed in the editing of your chosen moment in the film and reflecting on its effect.

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