Editing & Empathy in Big Little Lies

Описание: A video essay on how editing helps us empathise with the characters in Big Little Lies.

Jean-Marc Vallée's new TV show is HBO's Sharp Objects based on Gillian Flynn's novel.

With four Golden Globes and eight Emmys, HBO's Big Little Lies is one of the best received TV series of 2017. Most of the praise goes towards the outstanding performances by Nicole Kidman and Laura Dern but in this video I'd like to focus on something less obvious - editing. The show takes a unique approach to storytelling which uses editing to evoke feelings and help us empathise with the characters.


This video is spoiler-free.


WARNING: Big Little Lies contains profanities and sexual assault.

Footage:
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005-2013) - Rob McElhenney
Friends (1994 - 2004) - David Crane and Marta Kauffman
House of Cards (2013 - present) - Beau Willimon
You're the Worst (2014 - present) - Stephen Falk
The Dark Knight (2008) - Christopher Nolan
The Room (2003) - Tommy Wiseau
Rick and Morty (2013 - present) - Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon
Game of Thrones (2011 - present) - David Benioff and D. B. Weiss
Big Little Lies (2017) - Jean-Marc Vallée
Cinema Paradiso (1988) - Giuseppe Tornatore
Nightcrawler (2014) - Dan Gilroy
Under the Shadow (2016) - Babak Anvari
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - Stanley Kubrick
The Night Manager (2016) - Susanne Bier
The Simpsons Movie (2007) - David Silverman
Sherlock (2010 - present) - Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss
500 Days of Summer (2009) - Marc Webb
Fight Club (1999) - David Fincher
C.R.A.Z.Y (2005) - Jean-Marc Vallée
Wild (2014) - Jean-Marc Vallée

Music:
Heinz Kiessling - Captain's Table
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - With Suspicion
Michael Kiwanuka - Cold Little Heart
Big Brother & The Holding Company - Ball and Chain
Boy Names - Fox Mobility
Jeff Beal - House of Cards Theme
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
PH Harvey - The Wind
St. Paul & The Broken Bones - Grass is Greener
Brent Amaker and the Rodeo - Man in Charge (Tilson Remix)
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Complications with Optimistic Outcome
Antonio Sanchez - Doors and Distance
Death in Vegas - Hands Around My Throat
Ituana - You Can't Always Get What You Want
The Flaming Lips - Silver Trembling Hands
Agnes Obel - September Song
Babe Ruth - King Kong
Leon Bridges - River
Frank Ocean - Super Rich Kids


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