5 Master Editing Techniques Mini Analysis

In this clip from the series "Grey's Anatomy, Season 4 Episode 8", Dr. Yang is trying to prove to Doctor Haan that she is capable of being her right hand in surgery because of her love for cardio. Dr. Yang is very serious and attentive in this scene but she is so focused on getting the surgery for Dr. Haan that she forgets to let her intern students speak. Dr. Haan said that Dr. Yang should take more notes from her friend and then their pagers go off and the scene cuts to the ER with Dr. Shepard showing why their pagers are beeping. Dr. Bailey who is one of the top leading surgeons in the hospital happens to be there and one of the crash victims was her old crush. Instead of paying attention to a more important case, she decides to do scut work on her old crush. The scenes go back and fourth between Dr. Shepard and Dr. Baileys patients who are in complete opposite circumstances. Dr. Shepards patient is in critical condition with a pencil through his eye while Dr. Bailey's patient is sitting up and flirting with her. The cutting back between these two scenes creates a contrasting tone between the two. One being stressful and life threatening and the other being childlike and somewhat funny. The contrast between the two continues throughout the scene. They use Ariel, long, and wide shots to establish the feeling of how critical each patient is. When they showed the kid with the pencil through his eye they used low key lighting and a close up to establish the severity of his injury. This episode had a excellent contrast between seriousness and excitement to create a more edgy tone throughout the scene.