Police Interrogation Scene - Editing

In this clip of a police interview from CSI NY, they have used a crosscut edit. This is where the action is cut to show another piece happening at the same time or showing a flashback. Here it shows a flashback to when he found the victim and the money - this is effective as it shows the viewer what he sees when he is saying it. An insight to the character and what is going on in his head whilst he is trying to explain what happened. 

There are quite a few cuts in this clip; this is where the camera shot moves from one shot instantly to another. Here that is evident when they show the bag containing the money in it and the next shot is showing Mac asking what happened. This is effective as it enables the viewers to understand what is going on within the interview as they can see what Mac is talking about.

This scene uses a shot reverse shot edit which cuts to the view of the opposite direction, here its used as part of the dialogue. It shows Mac talking to the suspect - one speaker to the next- before this there was a master shot showing the position of the characters (Mac standing and the suspect sitting). In this interview it shows the suspect looking at Mac, then shows Mac as he talks back to the suspect. This is effective as it makes it more realistic to the audience, it makes it feel like a real conversation between the two characters. There is an eye-line match here as the suspect looks up at Mac we then follow to where he is looking and his view of Mac talking to him.