In this extract from the film Battleship Potemkin, the sense of danger, death and beliefs have been communicated through the use of continuous editing, montage editing and abstract editing. Continuity editing was used to tell the storyline of the event, looking into the emotional content of the scene. Many dramatic cuts and montage were used in order to switch between the whole scenario to what was happening in each period of time, from the mother and the shot son to the mother and the baby in the trolley was intended to be seen as chaotic and have the audience in confusion. The image of people running down the stairs inform the audience that there are danger following them, without showing the threat in the first couple scenes. Dramatic cuts were used to enhance the sense of panic and danger posed to the characters in this extract. The comparison of the scattered group of people with the orderly, parallel lines of soldiers shows that they were in control of what was happening, how they fired and walked down the stairs in unison, stepping over the dead bodies carelessly shows that they have no mercy nor concern regarding the crime they have just carried out. In the middle of manslaughter, a small group of people join together with a nun, symbolising that even in times of danger, the nun acts as the centre of religious beliefs and faith, when she was shot, it acts as a metaphor showing the loss of people’ beliefs. Even though the sudden cuts may result as the audience not being able to analyse and receive all the message created in this extract, the level of efficiency the meaning is communicated through editing is high.