Editing Clip

The clip of Sherlock Holmes uses narrative continuity editing which is typical of British TV dramas. This short clip is full of jump cuts and reverse shots back and forth from Sherlock, Watson and the body that Sherlock is analysing. Very plain text appears on the screen, white and no effect to try and not draw any attention away from the main image. The text is informing the audience of Sherlock's exact train of though, it's done in a very effective way by which when the name Rachel fills in the gaps of the scratching's on the floor and the last letter is spun around, like a fruit machine roll. The long pauses on each clue allows the audience to focus in to what it means and also to slow down the fast, jump shots which could confuse the audience. The reverse shots back and forth from the different characters created tension and allowed us to see into the mind set of all three, just by their facial expressions and body language - as there was no dialogue. The slow movement over each piece that Sherlock analyses is smooth and seems natural. When the text is showing that the woman was unhappily married (00:36) the colour of the image changes and flashes with the clear cut image and then a reduced brightness image. Throughout the clip, the camera has a permanent lens flare which    gives the illusion that the clip is excellent quality and that it is reflecting off of something. As lens flare are said to occur when the camera is zoomed - this clip would confirm this as all the shots are close-ups which could be a reason why there is a lens flare in the majority of the shots. The use of no dialogue and text instead is that we are able to take in the whole clip and get into Sherlock's mind set - the non-digetic music used is fast and creates a lot of tension with the sound of the constant ticking.