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Short Cuts – Wheels on Fire (2001)

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clip 'Interesting editing!' education content clip 1, 2

Original classification rating: G. This clip chosen to be G

Clip description

Ross (Alex Tsitsopoulos) needs to hand in his soccer film but most of the footage he has is the embarrassing material shot by Sophie (Gemma Bishop) after he tipped her out of her wheelchair. He turns the footage into a joke against himself and uses creative editing and some special effects to make it an apology video.

Curator’s notes

This is a funny clip where Ross uses editing to create a film from an unscripted mix of footage, most of which shows him in a poor light. It also demonstrates again how editing can be used to construct meaning in different ways. The sequence here is also nicely edited with the cuts between Ross’s video and the audience used to build up their reaction.