Mark: 5/10

Memorable scene: The scene when Andrew first meets Fletcher

mark: 6/10

memorable scene: The last one (obviously). And when he makes the guy leave even though he wasnt the one out of tune.

Mark out of 10: 8.9

Memorable Scene: opening push in on Andrew before Terrence finds him practicing

Andrew is the main character who has very high inspirations and ambitions to play in a jazz band that’s run by Fletcher. He messes up many times through-out the film and also gets borderline abused by fletcher. The ending is meant to convey how determined and ambitious he is as shows Fletcher that he was wrong. 

Whiplash is known as one of the best movies for editing and won an Oscar for editing. The editing in this film really amazing. In the final scene, where Andrew is playing in the band, he comes back to play after he is embarrassed by Fletcher after he gave him the wrong music sheets, this shows Andrew’s determination towards becoming a respected drummer and to redeem himself. When Andrew is speaking to his father it’s done in a very naturalistic way so that it immerses the audience and allows them to feel the emotions of the scene. The way the relationship of Andrew and his father is portrayed  shown through the use of constant cross cuts. This is an example of the Kuleshov effect because Andrew’s farther shows love through his facial expressions, on the contrary to the crosscut between Andrew and Fletcher where we see a looks of disappointment and betrayal.  

In whiplash they use different cuts to show different emotions. There is an L-cut between a shot of Andrew telling the band what to play and the band accepting. This shows the viewer that Andrew is now stronger and is beginning to challenge Fletcher more than he would earlier in the movie when he was new and trying to get on fletchers good side. Then is a reverse cut to the reaction Fletcher has where he seems to be very unimpressed.  Quick cuts are then used when the brass start playing. This gives the scene more energy which increases the suspense and allows the viewer to be drawn in to the tension and energy of the scene. The viewer is then left to wander what consequences Andrew will face for what he has done, this creates tension that is then shown when there is then a J-cut when the piano joins the song which allows the audience to see fletcher’s expressions during this ordeal. There is then a shot of Andrew looking calm which cuts to a shot of Fletcher looking angry. There is a sudden cut with the sound of the symbol that Andrew play so that they can cut off Fletcher’s threats showing the audience he is no longer scared of him and that he has overcome the abuse and belittlement fletcher threw at him. 

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