In the opening of jurassic park, particularly for the first two minutes the editing is quite slow paced, the first shot for example of the leaves rustling lasts for 5 seconds and then from 1:12-1:19 there is a zoom shot of a man holding a gun. This pace lasts up until about 2 minutes into the opening, however this isn't a bad thing, it adds to the intensity of the mood and atmosphere and audience as they wait to see what it is the army of men are waiting to fight.
The fast paced editing style begins around 2:44 as one of the men fall and gets attacked by the monster, there are high levels of suspense and stress at this point, therefore the editing style fits in with the story. You will see this below.
Fast and Furious
Below you will see a one minute clip from the film 'Fast and Furious', the fast paced editing begins around 0:25 seconds where we see many different short shots of different parts and angles of the car, for example we see the man accelerating, changing gear, the car moving off, a different angle emphasising the car's speed, the speedometer and so on.
Unlike some films, in this particular clip the editing style doesn't increase tension or stress, instead it is used to emphasise how fast the car is going and rather than being something negative causing the audience to worry for a character, its positive and brings excitement.
However, before all the fast paced editing begins, from 0:00-0:17 in particular the editing style used is quite slow with one pan shot lasting 12 seconds followed by a slow downwards tilt lasting the remaining 5. This sets the scene and time of day as we see night has just passed during the pan, letting us know it is the morning. It is also useful as its an establishing shot, we know the location of it is in the city due to all the buildings and lights we can see.
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