Oscar Film Editing (Mad Max: Fury Road) Analysis

Oscar Film Editing 2015 (Re-edit) by Michael on Scribd

This scene is one of the many scenes in the movie that showcases Sixel's editing decision of choosing shots that were in the centre of frame. In the film most of the action stays steady and in the centre of the screen. This was done to make sure that the audience could easily concentrate on what the director and editor want them to concentrate on. This technique is a much better approach at showing action in a film than most fast action films which action is shaky and all over the place making the action way more complex to follow than it should be, Mad Max does the exact opposite of this making its edit much more smoother and successful than the average action flick. This technique also show that action films can be an well made art and more than mindless entertainment.

The film also contains other great techniques in other scenes such as jump cut speeded up visuals when guns are reloaded and fade outs





This scene is one of the final scenes in Mad Max and it is the one with the most meaning and strength created by Sixel's strong editing talent. This scene shows one of the main characters, Nux sacrificing
himself to save the lives of his new found companions. The way that Sixel edited it highlighted the deep meaning of Nux's sacrifice to the whole character arc of Nux. She did this by choosing to use cuts close up of his face to showcase his growing realization of what he has to do and then using slow motion to show his full realization and the real nobility of his choice uttering his final line "witness me". crescendoing into the twisted beauty of the crash and his death on top of the beautiful score.






This is yet another great scene in the film that shows Sixel's expertly well crafted edit. This opening scene sole purpose is too introduce us to our protagonist and the world he lives in. They start giving us this intro by giving us audio context over the opening credits making us know why this world is how it is. This introduction also showcases who our main character is perfectly using voiceover from the protagonist over the starting action allowing us to know his past and what his torments/issues are. They also show us quick flashbacks (cutaways) to his past while also showing us his current predicament giving us a even closer incite into him. There is also a quick use of jump cut in this scene when he is getting his car showing that he moving quickly to try to get away faster. The fade out in the middle of the scene is used to show that we are moving location from out in the wastes to Immortal Joe's Fortress.