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Editing Fail During Nick & Jen's Final Ceremony

posted 8 years ago by DiverseyAve
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Before Nick starts to tell Jen that he cannot proceed toward a future together, Jen winces and dramatically turns her head, as if she can no longer bare to hear anymore. However, all Nick said to her at that point is she has made him a better man.

The show's editor incorrectly placed the next scene's Jen's reaction shot prematurely ahead of what actually was just said. If you rewind the sequence, you can even see that Nick's head position and mouth movements are out of sync with the actual flow of how Nick's conversation went.

[–] sifiamom 8 years ago

I don't know. I kind of saw that line as the beginning of the end, like he was headed towards the break up. He said "made" me a better man and not "make" and his tone was a little different. Either way I don't think it's a major editing flaw in the first place.

[–] DiverseyAve 8 years ago

Wrong. The beginning of his intention to breakup was the next sentence he said, not the sentence shown/heard during her 1st wince. Up to you whether this moment gave you pause. Also, read the post again. It said made, not make.

[–] sifiamom 8 years ago

Regardless, it's still not a big deal.

[–] chelleb70 8 years ago

Yep. I think the OP is reading too much into this. He was saying she makes him better but he wasn't looking at her and was upset. It was obvious at that point that she was getting dumped and she winced.

[–] pdbrat 8 years ago

I agree!! I noticed that, too!!

[–] wil501 8 years ago

I also noticed the wrong reaction shot to audio. its merely micro-seconds, but its there. the next frame of the back of Nick's head confirms it. it does not match the frames before it

[–] nathanp-96006 8 years ago

they edit but not to that degree, and not changing one audio with another video. Her wince was more about her gut instincts were coming true. I am pretty sure she sensed it coming, just hoped that it wouldn't.
The bad editing was with Lace and Grant in that it was obvious they tried to make everyone think that there was drama there when they are probably the most real couple.

[–] DiverseyAve 8 years ago

the error was not in her sensing what was coming. the error was a technical timeline editing error that was not caught by ABC. If you were to put the actual raw footage in editing software, you would notice that the show's editor jumped the gun by placing her reaction shot a few frame shots before the correct audio -- which happens in Nick's very next sentence.

When Nick says 'I'm a better person .. because of you" his head is turned toward the ocean. Yet when the camera cuts to her 1st wincing away, his head is bowed forward to her and down as if he had said something else. Her wince, if it were correctly edited as it played out in life, should start while his head is still turned toward the ocean, even if for a second.

Why does any of this matter? Because one of the major complaints about these reality shows is how post-editing can make something look more emotional that it was or to heighten the drama. Or just sloppy editing.

Her wince was actually the reaction to him telling her that he wished he could say he loved her but can't.

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[–] OhhHello 8 years ago

Jen is a smart woman and has likely studied these shows. She could sense exactly where the conversation was going by his tone and body language.

[–] LittlePasLady 8 years ago

Everyone knew he was the next Bachelor and that there wouldn't be a proposal. I don't think it needed that much analysis.

[–] speedy1383 8 years ago

The editing is always suspicious on these shows. Like if they don't get certain stuff on camera, it doesn't exist in Bachelor World. Good example is the whole Caila situation. Everyone apparently didn't like her and some of the comments she made. That is more of the reason she left rather than Ashley I.