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Round I. In shots 3-23 the first cycle of operations is shown. From the slow preceding scene we are suddenly plunged into the midst of battle. This abrupt change of cutting rate not only makes the dramatic point that an attack may come at the most unexpected moment, but also, by contrast with the previous scene, makes the first firing appear fast and efficient. The whole drill is now shown in full : all the commands leading up to the firing are heard clearly, each command coming from the person in picture.
As we have already remarked in connection with action scenes, the first essential in making a passage of this kind exciting is that the spectator should know exactly what is going on. The whole drill is therefore shown step by step first, in order to acquaint the spectator with the exact procedure ; although a single viewing will not at first explain the whole process to him, the spectator will accept it as genuine because it proceeds by apparently authentic steps.
In order to convey something of the quick, staccato rhythm of the manoeuvre, the cuts are timed to a definite pattern. Each cut takes place a fraction of a second — a frame or two — before the appropriate character has finished his last word. For instance in 4, the cut to 5 is timed just before the Control Officer has finished the word " sight " and we are taken straight to the next person in the chain of action. This timing is maintained right through the sequence.
In one or two places (7, 72, for example), a character's words are allowed to flow over into the next shot showing the effect of his actions. In these cases, the cut is timed on the last word of a phrase — in shot 77, for example, on the word " left."
In addition to giving the sequence a definite rhythm of this kind, the tempo of cutting quite deliberately increases towards the climax. This is done by cutting down the moments preceding a character's words, making them get shorter and shorter up to shot 75.
16 and 17 then provide a short pause while everything is ready for the firing, and 18, 19 and 20 are cut as short as possible : the words " Ready ! " " Shoot ! " " Fire ! " follow each other without pause and the images are in each case left on the screen only long enough to accommodate the sound-track of the words.
Shot 23 is left on the screen long enough to give the sensation of anxious watching. Coming after a period of extremely quick cutting, the three feet of shot 23 appear to last quite an appreciable time.
Round II. In 24-29 a second cycle of operations is shown. The spectator should know now how the drill is carried out and does
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