Oscar Film Editing - Mad Max Editing Analysis (Part 2)

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