Is there anything you notice about the editing of this scene from 12 Years a Slave? Sven thinks he has picked up on a previously unnoticed trick.
Each episode my friend Tyler and I will take 20 min. to analyze the editing of one iconic movie scene and you can follow along. So turn on the podcast, bring up the youtube clip by clicking the link below (when we tell you) and let's get into it:
12 Years A Slave - Patsey Is Whipped
The Film is a 2013 period drama and an adaptation of the 1853 memoir Twelve Years A Slave by Solomon Northup, a New York State-born free African-American man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. by two conmen in 1841 and sold into slavery.
The film was directed by Steve McQueen and proved to be a box office success, earning over $187 million on a production budget of $22 million. The film won three Oscars: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress for Lupita Nyong'o, and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Editor Joe Walker, ACE was nominated for an Oscar.