Editing- Fast Cheap and Out of Control

In the film, "Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control" editing is used in many creative ways to imply meaning in what these four men are talking about. The editing is used to create bridges between the interviews and relate them in ways that I would have never seen had I watched each interview separately.

Often, the editor places the sound of the interviews over images of a different subject to imply a connection. There is one scene in particular that consists of the robot expert talking about sending 100 robots to explore mars instead of just one, and that that way, if one is lost doing a dangerous mission, then it wouldn't matter as much. The images that are being shown start off showing robots, but then war clips being to play. This leads your mind to thinking about the thousands of people we send to war, and how expendable each individual is. Then this leads you to think about the connection between soldiers and robots. They both do things because they are told, with little or no regard by their commander.

Another editing tactic that this movie uses is when a shot is slowed for a more dramatic effect. Especially since the majority of the documentary is in fast motion to exaggerate the scrambling of the mole rats and robots, the slower moments seem even more like a break from the chaos. These breaks often come when the movie switches back to the topiary gardener. Even the way this man talks is slower, and calmer than any of the other interviews. Despite that fact, we as an audience still see this man as passionate about his work as the other men. Had the editor kept his interview sequences at the same pace as the others, it would have been an uncomfortable fit. The scenery, the way the man cuts his animals with manual clippers, the way he talks about his wife, all call for a slower pace. This even emphasizes the way that the green animals grow, and how long it takes to actually create one of these animals.