Editing in Orphan Black

• Begins with 'Previously on Orphan Black' - clues audience in on the past events that are relevant to the particular episode
• This includes lines voicing over montages of relevant clips
• Covers all the different storylines but assumes that the viewer has some knowledge of the show's premise

Sarah scene

• quick cuts create confusion and uncertainty about location
• Cutting from dark blue tinged shots to brighter yellow tinged shots - change in location, yellow tinge helps connote flashback, juxtaposition
• Jumping in location adds to confusion
• Sounds as if underwater - emphasizes shock, Felix's voice cuts through confusing noise
• Quick cuts of CUs of her body and people examining - fragments her, dehumanised, treated as scientific subject rather than person
• Voices over reaction shot of face - separated, blame, tiredness
• can't see full faces of people examining - viewer knows same limited info as Sarah, outs us on her side - we can't empathise with anyone else
• music vs more silence accompanying the isolating LS of her one her own
• Change in pace from fast cuts to one long in duration shot of Sarah giving self up

Titles

Sarah Scene

• Does'nt establish setting but pan up from hand cuffs shows that she is incarcerated
• Audience allowed to see the one way window in interrogation room but not interrogators face - not given priveleged info but making clear that she is being scrutinised
• CUs of objects on table
• Electronic rills put us on edge as Sarah is
• Sarah demands to see Kira

Cuts to Kira Scene

• Begins with long medical equipment - could be a needle (threatening invasive) but isn't - delayed reveal
• Starts with CU so not sure which storyline but greater yellow tone shows it is set in a different place
• Put on Kira's side - see her steal something from unaware nurse
• Put on side of characters we recognize
• Lots of CUs of Kira's face show secrecy
• We get to see her calling under the blanket
• She knows more than us - all the voice on the phone says is 'hello' creating enigma

Kazzima Scene

• Fast cuts of lab begin scene so initially feel a little displaced
• Recognisable characters show us where we are not establishing shots
• Master shot positions different scientists in relation to each other after initial confusion
• 'This is all on Rachel's orders'

Cuts to Rachel scene

• Begins with CU of first Rachel (establishing her authority) then Deplhine - power balance
• master shot of them both in lift together
• Cut from LA to normal angle - Dephine's words regaining some power putting Rachel in the wrong 'If you let her die without me it is personal'
• Shot lingers on Delphine alone in the lift - her reaction. doors shutting emphasize the fact she is getting out her phone - know that Delphine is not out of the story yet, not passively giving up

Kazzima Scene

• Pan up from Kazzima's breathing apparatus - don't initially know its her - we learn at the same time that other scientist says that they need delphine
• We are able to see what security guy can't due to the cutaways to Kazzima's laptop screen
• Talk about the plans for Sarah

Sarah Scene

• Establishing shot of window and cameras in interrogation room
• 'Look at me do I really need to sign' accompanied by CU of handcuffs - highlighting her point, camera pans up to Dr's face showing power relationship
• Match on action of Sarah throwing down pen first in CU then in MS
• 'Take me to her' plus shot from door suggests some movement is going to take place

Kira Scene

• Pan up from tea set - still just a child, innocence, play acting and understanding of pretense
• Cut to MS shows Kira has no playmates
• Cuts from Security camera view to Sarah arriving in room with monitors
• Juxtaposition of pink girliness with darkness of monitoring room
• Cut from Sarah watching through one way mirror to a shot of the mirror from inside Kira's room, Kira reaction shot showing her looking at it then she says 'Is my mum here yet' - dramatic irony
• Shot reverse shot of Rahcel manipulating Kira cutaway to Sarah's face reacting to their words from within the security room
• OTS through mirror of Rachel moving towards Sarah whose face is relfected in the glass cuts to LA of Rachel threatening - shows how she uses her greater knowledge as power
• Music builds up to cut to black

Mrs S and Felix

• Establishing shot of snowy outside of house
• Pans from Felix to Mrs S - reveal both to the character and to us about car bombs
• Learn who is at the door after character - but we realise who it is at same time - starts with Cu of hand moving curtain to checl, Mrs S asking who it is, then shot of Cal
• Shot reverse shot from Cal's shoulder to Felix and Mrs S seperately - S and F divided, common unknown
• Master shot as Felix picks up phone
• 'Arthur' 'What do you mean who'

Cuts to Arthur's house

• starts with CU of Art so we don't know immeadiately
• Helena with back turned
• 'Hello cestra brother'

Cuts back to Felix reacting

• CU of him saying 'Holy shit', focus on his face
• Cut MCU him whispering to Mrs S that Helena's back
• Cuts between different ends of phone conversation
• CU of Cal listening in with Mrs S in the blurred foreground
• Build up to music briges over the 

Cut to Sarah scene

• MLS of Sarah down prison corridor
• Cuts from front to profile of Sarah
• OTS  of Sarah but she sees who the shoulder belongs to before us
• Cuts from profile of Duncan passing her to over her turned shoulder as he is turning round to speak to her
• As lift doors shut cuts back to Duncan being led away back to Sarah's face - wonder what she will do with this information

Helena Scene

• Signalled by Tracking past piles of uneaten food
• Match on action CU of Helena turning to talk to Art to MS of Art listening
• OTS reveals that Felix is there
• 'She had a crisis of faith

Gracie Scene

• Establishing shot of truck driving down snowy road
• Cut to inside of truck
• piano music as they hold hands

Cal Scene

• CU circling the words 'dyad group' as he starts to explain
• OTS of his mind map
• Master shot reveals he is in Mrs S's house
• mindmap matches with their conversation about the Dyad's grouppower and attempt to influence genetic patent law
• Cuts to computer conversation
• Impact sound as response 'ask her about castor' appears
• Cut to establishing shot of garage
• Pan up from Stomach leaves us uncertain for a bit who is the centre of this scene
• Build up of people coming out of truck - uncertain who Mrs S's insider is
• Another pan up from the feet leaves us geusiing until Paul is revealed - suspense
• Shot reverse shot - CUs untrusting, tnese
• Details of 'plan' not revealed to us

Cut to Duncan Scene

• See family video before we see who is watching it
• Cut from back of head to front to see reaction
• Wide shots show isolation - far from the closeness they are shown to have had in the family video
• Cut aways to 'own' tea bag and water pouring from kettle
• CUs of his head - its importance
• Rachel CU in foreground with Duncan in background when she turns away - he is in her past, distance, inability to force him
• Cut from present day Rachel to MCU of her in the home video whilst Duncan voice asks her about her memories
• Faster cuts from past video to future death as he is revealing to have poisoned himself, linking in with Rachel referencing the past 'You can't leave me again!'

Mrs S scene

• Shot of them drinking tea as Mrs S had suggested at the end of their last scene
• Car enters while they talk - door disguises who is behind it
• highlighted metallic sound as Cal is revealed and cut to CU of Paul - closest shot to his face so far - stand off between Sarah's lovers
• Castor also slowly revealed
• Can't see what is inside orange file that Paul goves to Castor woman - enigma surrounding her

Kazzima and Kira Scene

• Establishing shot from security camera of the two together on her bed
• Pans up to different monitor of security camera closer
• Panning from screens to mirror as Kira gets excited
• Yellow room vs blue screens
• Kazzima voice over talking about force as camera cuts to her and Scott working in lab
• Shot reverse shot of Kazzima teaching Kira
• Kazzima sharpening pencil in lab then cutting back to Kira suggesting they make the pencil sharper with Kazzima says is 'a really good idea'
• Music becomes less desperate and more actiony
• Then 'tyring speed' - Kira is able to push pencil through paper
• After experiment cuts back to security room and Kazzima falling over in lab
• 'We're only gonna get one chance'

Sarah scene

• Wide shots
• Profil of her being strapped down
• Fast cuts between shaky cam as Sarah is suddenly is unknown danger
• Fish eye lens used
• Cutaway to trolley wheel
• focus change from scalpel to Sarah's body
• voices without faces
• Beeping
• Cutting between lots of different angles of a MCU of Sarah's face
• Suddenly slower as Sarah is finally revealed in an isolating LS to be stapped into a medical bed
• CU of rachel talking about Duncan's death
• Cutting between picture and Sarah as she slowly realises the plan
• Cutting between CUs of Sarah and slo mo ECUs of Rachel smashiing bone marrow test tubes
• Quick shots of Rachel getting shot in the eye to minimize what we see fast paced cuts as Sarah escapes, lingering MCU of Rachel with a pencil in her eye
• tense music vs long in duration LS as Sarah has to act normal
• Shot reverse shot of kira and Sarah vs Meriam
• Quick cuts as Sarah is eager to stay but is held back by Meriam's information
• Lingers on door shutting on Meriam but crescendo of music before cuts to black warns still may be some danger
• Hear rather than see that Cal is waiting outside to take them home

• Cuts to outside of Felix's apartment and Cal's voice ' 
• MCUs of Alison and Kazzima reacting to Cal
• Cut to apartment hall
• OTS shot reverse shot of them talking in the hallway
• Kiss whilst footsteps tell us someone is coming