Editing Analysis

"You talkin' to me?" In Matrin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver" there is a scene in which the main character Travis Bickle is showing off in front of a mirror yielding his weapons. Throughout the scene Travis Bickle is starting to realize all the horrors in society and begins to alter his personality. To convey this emotional transition the cuts become more obvious. The camera remains on the 180 degree line the entire time and it shows Travis from multiple angles pulling out his gun and him talking into the mirror, and the continuity remains the same as Travis (Robert De Niro) never moves from the same general area and eyeline always matches so that you can tell he is looking at the same part. When Travis begins his inner monologue they use a jump cut to illustrate this change or new life Travis begins to live. It gives the entire a scene a frantic feeling. The shots are all organized in allowing the viewer to see this new Travis Bickle character as he has never been, very uncomfortable and distraught. The cuts are to help convey the characters feelings and gives off this experimental feeling the the scenes are put together. The camera angles go with the letter he is writing, in the the part that repeats itself twice jumpcut is used to show that Travis had made a mistake in his letter which you see later on in the film.

Relationship with Media

Media is everywhere, and is a large part of my everyday life. Everything from my Blog, Facebook, E-mail, television, and music tabs websites. Most of these sites are interactive as you are able to click on options and select activities, or actions you want to have done or do on the specific site. Blogs and social networking sites have user-generated content, they post small pieces of writing, video blogs, photos, and status updates, like a live journal. User-generated content gives the user the option of producing their own forms of media. I often use these sites to voice opinions on current events, things that happen in my life, or share stories with my friends and family. The reason why I visit these websites so often is because it is easier to keep in touch with friends and it's all free. I usually view a lot of videos on sites like Youtube, watch old videos of shows that i miss from when i was younger, check weather, find music, and read about my friends. So I view many different types of media daily. Showing how easily I can navigate these different sites shows how much i know the media I am viewing and producing. I have been using these sites probably early in their inception when they were still coming up sites and have been around to see many of them become more and more user friendly and easier to access to the point a small child can navigate the site. Sites have become simpler. My relationship with media is a ongoing relationship of love.