Frequency Reflection Paper

Frequency

To start off I do want to say I really enjoyed watching Frequency; it was a movie that was different from the rest, it went beyond a common plot movie in my opinion, it was put together very well. A scene that used Parallel Editing in Frequency was when Frank and John were talking over the radio and Jack appears to both of them at the same time. We can say the editor used Parallel Editing in this scene because the audience sees two scenes that were occurring at the same time. Cross Cutting was also involved during this scene since the editor decided to go back and forth with the scenes to show us what was happening to John and to Frank with Jack. This particular scene was very interesting and captivating as it has us the viewers wondering what was going on with both actors.

I never knew what Parallel Editing and Cross Cutting was until I studied this lesson and watched this movie. It’s a very particular and different way of editing that gives films a catch to them. The conversations between Frank and John threw me off at first, as I didn’t realize they were traveling in time.

Parallel Editing was also used when John asked his father to hide his wallet somewhere where it wouldn’t be found 30 years from that time. His dad indeed did hide his wallet under a wood and a few seconds later John sure did find Frank’s wallet at the same place that he had hid it! That was a very interesting scene to me and it also made me wonder if John could really help his dad out. In this scene the editor uses both scenes at the same time, which again, included Parallel Editing.

I only mentioned some of the scenes that involved Parallel Editing and Cross Cutting, but there were many other scenes that I enjoyed! There was a part in the movie of the antenna and the sky being blue that I as a viewer didn’t quite get. I think that the director was trying to show that something from the future and past was occurring. I would of liked if the director would of explained this part...