One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Editing Techniques

This film trailer for One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, demonstrates a number of typical editing techniques. These include continuity editing as when Jack Nicholson's character of Randle McMurphy is at the counter talking to Louise Fletcher's character of Nurse Ratched, even though the scene would have been filmed twice from each person's point of view, Nicholson's hands are in the exact same position when we see both views.

The film follows the linear narrative as the story is told in chronological order, beginning with McMurphy entering the mental asylum and what happens whilst he is in there and how he affects the other patients.

Thumbnails For Draft

Pictures Of Model

Here are some shots which I took of Maddy whilst we were filming the draft of our film opening. We have given her a dirty look to show what she has been through but we are hoping to emphasise this even more in our final opening.

Coursework Progress

Me and Luke have finished a rough filming of our two minute film opening. We have started editing and have completed the titles to our film, including music and shots of things like the knife and rag etc. During filming we realised that we would have to cut certain elements for the rough draft as when we filmed we were not able to finish the shots of the kidnapper's camera. However, we still hope to incorporate this into our final edit of our opening.

The Soloist

Budget: $60 million

Gross revenue: $31,720,158

Critical Reaction: The Soloist grossed $9,715,000 in 2,024 theaters with a $4,800 average per theater. The film has an overall rating of 55% of positive reviews with an average score of 6/10.

Distributed by: DreamWorks (US)
Universal Studios (international)

Release dates: 24 April 2009 (US)
11 September 2009 (UK)

Star Persona: Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jnr and Catherine Keener.

Overall, the film received mixed reviews. Based on 120 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an overall rating 55% of reviews that are positive with an average score of 6/10. The actors performances were praised but the film was said to lack narrative focus in it's attempt to tell the story due to uneven direction by Joe Wright.

On its opening weekend, the film opened at number 4, taking in $9,715,000 in 2,024 theaters with an average of $4,800 per theatre.