Editing Techniques

As I have mentioned, my partner and I really want to include a lot of cool, and post-modernist style techniques. One thing we really liked was the opening credits in the movie Enter the Void. You can watch it here.

Enter the Void Intro on Youtube

Now, in our project we aren't going to have an opening credit sequence, however, I like how the flashing, done in editing along with the music creates a certain tension and almost anxiety. This is definitely something I could learn to do if I want to use it exactly but I'm, not 100% sure yet. 

I kinda pulled on this for one scene I want to include in our film opening. To show the overwhelming stress the main character is going through, I had an idea where we see an extreme close-up of his eyes, and as he blinks there are mini flashbacks showing kind of the "consequences" he faces due to this addiction, and this happens while he is debating playing another hand in the casino. I roughly storyboarded some of this but please excuse my terrible drawing skills haha. 

I kinda tried to show how it would be a similar type of very flashy scene to build tension in the moment.

In case I do decide to use this exact effect, shown in Enter to the void, I found this youtube tutorial, and it's actually a fairly easy thing to do so I can definitely play around with it and see what looks better in post. 

Youtube Tutorial