(Watch clip from 1:10:44 to 1:11:42)
This specific clip in Love & Basketball uses montage editing to convey its message of comparing and contrasting the life of two basketball players - a woman and a man. The juxtaposes and matches many shots together for comparing and contrasting.
The clip begins with cheerleaders cheering with their pom-poms in a close-up. The shot then cuts to a wide shot (or long shot) of the crowd waving their pom-poms in the air before it turns into a close-up shot. These two shots are placed together with the use of both a graphic match and matched action. The movement of the pom-poms is the matched action. The crowd and the cheerleaders are using the pom-poms in the same way. The pom-pom as an object is repeated between the two shots along with the red and yellow colors and this is the graphic match.
The pumping of the hands and the yellow of the pom-poms is a graphic match between the shot of the crowd and the next shot of Quincy, the basketball player. The crowd pumps and claps their hands in the air and then later you see Quincy clapping his hands and putting them into the air. The yellow of his jersey matches the yellow of the pom-poms.
Then there's a close-up shot a yellow jersey that then cuts into a white jersey in the next shot. This is graphic matching with similar objects. The shot of the white jersey is used to transition into the women's basketball team. The home team's uniform is white with accents of red and yellow. The medium shot of the basketball team player eventually goes into a close-up of Monica, who is sitting on the bench. The director utilizes this close-up almost as a looking shot of Monica looking at the men's basketball team, that is not really there, but it acts as a transition from one shot to the next. Graphic matching is also used with the colors Monica is wearing and the color of the men's basketball court. In the next scene, it's an overhead shot, giving the audience a bird's eye view as Quincy dunks the basketball ball into the hoop. In the next clip, there's a wide high-angle shot of Monica is bouncing to balls. There is matched action and a graphical match. The circular shape of the hoop and the actual basketball in Quincy's dunking shot aligns with the circular shape of the two balls Monica is bouncing. The movement of the ball in both shots are the matched actions. Also an action ends in one clip on begins in the next. The two men basketball players give each other high-fives with both hands and Monica is bouncing the two balls with both hands in the next clip.
The clip begins with cheerleaders cheering with their pom-poms in a close-up. The shot then cuts to a wide shot (or long shot) of the crowd waving their pom-poms in the air before it turns into a close-up shot. These two shots are placed together with the use of both a graphic match and matched action. The movement of the pom-poms is the matched action. The crowd and the cheerleaders are using the pom-poms in the same way. The pom-pom as an object is repeated between the two shots along with the red and yellow colors and this is the graphic match.
The pumping of the hands and the yellow of the pom-poms is a graphic match between the shot of the crowd and the next shot of Quincy, the basketball player. The crowd pumps and claps their hands in the air and then later you see Quincy clapping his hands and putting them into the air. The yellow of his jersey matches the yellow of the pom-poms.
Then there's a close-up shot a yellow jersey that then cuts into a white jersey in the next shot. This is graphic matching with similar objects. The shot of the white jersey is used to transition into the women's basketball team. The home team's uniform is white with accents of red and yellow. The medium shot of the basketball team player eventually goes into a close-up of Monica, who is sitting on the bench. The director utilizes this close-up almost as a looking shot of Monica looking at the men's basketball team, that is not really there, but it acts as a transition from one shot to the next. Graphic matching is also used with the colors Monica is wearing and the color of the men's basketball court. In the next scene, it's an overhead shot, giving the audience a bird's eye view as Quincy dunks the basketball ball into the hoop. In the next clip, there's a wide high-angle shot of Monica is bouncing to balls. There is matched action and a graphical match. The circular shape of the hoop and the actual basketball in Quincy's dunking shot aligns with the circular shape of the two balls Monica is bouncing. The movement of the ball in both shots are the matched actions. Also an action ends in one clip on begins in the next. The two men basketball players give each other high-fives with both hands and Monica is bouncing the two balls with both hands in the next clip.
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