In this episode of the Walking Dead self help, they have two
different types of editing into one episode. The first type they do is jump
cuts. The second that they use is the use of juxtaposition in the episode.
Abraham, Glen, Maggie, Tara, Eugene and Rosita all go to Washington D.C to find
a cure for the out breaks. The editor uses jump cuts once the bus crashes which
was transporting them to D.C. The crew gets out of the bus with
Eugene as the last one to get out because he is still trying to learn to be
comfortable with the situation among them. Once Eugene comes out, the
camera jumps to Tara fighting a walker, then Abraham, and then to Glen, Maggie
and Rosita all killing zombies followed by a quick cut showing Tara saving him
from being eaten by a walker.
As the episode continues the crew finds out that
Eugene has been lying to them the entire time. After the audience finds that
out the scene goes into a series of flash backs with Abrahams story, while
cutting back to everyone, besides Eugene upset.
This juxtaposing technic shows the audiences how Abraham met Eugene,
while simultaneously showing the group going into shock pretty much. The scenes
of Abraham’s memories, or flash backs show the watcher the struggles he went
through, just to get to where he is today. It shows how he almost killed
himself; he lost his family to walkers and more. The reason for the
juxtaposition is because of the lie that Eugene told. I think if he didn’t lie
in the first place we wouldn’t see or feel how hurt Abraham is at Eugene. I
also think the reason why they use the jump cuts in the beginning is to show
how Eugene is scared and confused as his friends are able to kill the zombies
but he isn’t. I also think its foreshadowing how Eugene’s knows that he isn’t the
cure but he doesn’t have the courage yet to tell his friends the truth.
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