Editing and Transitions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz5JmgLQEzs 

Fade in Black (0:47)

Insert (1:12)

Long take- (1:12)

Eyeline match (1:53)

J cut (2:18)

Straight cut (2:10)

Action match (2:41)

Crosscutting (2:56)

Superimposition (3:25)

Contrast Cut (3:25)

    Throughout the start of this movie there are multiple long takes. These draw the viewer in but also impose a sense that something bad might occur. This suspenseful feeling the clip gives is finally set loose with the chaos. The action match and crosscutting helps with this, bringing the viewer into the action. 

       Only one important character is introduced in this opening scene, that being Robert Muldoon. From the scene the audience sees him as a no nonsense type of character, taking his job seriously. This is seen through the J-cut of him giving orders throughout the process. 

    The sense of suspense and then action is a warning to the rest of the film itself. It sets up how dinosaurs and humanity can't coexist, a theme held throughout the movie. There is also a contrast cut in the end of the scene between the unnatural velociraptor and the natural river. This can also be seen as a warning to the audience of how unnatural and dangerous these dinosaurs can be in comparison to the world the audience knows.