Introduction Editing is an important element in creating a film. It supports a narrative of film by ensuring continuity. There are four basic types of editing which are rhythmic editing, continuity editing, match cuts, and jump cuts (Bordwell & Thompson, 2010). Continuity editing is commonly used in films. It defines as creating images of continuous action by combining the discontinuous visual information (Smith, 2006). In order to achieve the effect of continuity, films manipulate space and time. In the short film that is produced by the Totally Spies Production, entitled “Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transsexuals (LGBT)”, the team applied the concepts of continuity editing throughout the film. The report aims to describe how the short film attached applied the principles of continuity. Theory Continuity is a theory that ensures the narrative of a story develops logically and naturally (Bordwell & Thompson, 2010). This is done by building up a scene without a...
LGBT is officially known as Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgender which relates to the short film as the main character, Nathan, is a transgender. He was born a male but is currently undergoing hormone adjustment to becoming a female. In the film, it showcases the stereotype of genders as well as prejudice and discrimination against those who go against the norm. The short film reflects the struggles of being transgender from mockery to rejection which may lead to the fatal effect of committing suicide. Hence, the video's title is LGBT but it is an acronym for Let Go Bullying Today. Firstly, the narrative element is the foundation of which the others are laid. According to Bordwell & Thompson (2010), narration is a process of developing a story. In film, a storyline is expanded by using the logic of cause and effect, time and space. Cause and effect explains a film by setting a scene to explain the next scene. It is the most important as...