#3 Why were there cut scenes?
The way the match was introduced and spoken about by the commentators, you got the impression that the WWE wanted you to think this was live footage. Initially, the camera work was pretty well done, peering over Orton’s shoulder as he approached the house.
We got a glimpse of Bray through the window looking like he was taken unawares at Randy’s arrival – did he not hear the car pull up outside? And while the illusion of ‘live footage’ was already broken by this point, we could have at least put it down to multiple cameras following Randy, and somebody back in the editing team cutting to different lenses as the action went on.
But as soon as Orton entered the house, the WWE decided to do what it does best and take things too far. The footage cut to scary looking drawings on the wall and close-ups of Bray’s household objects. You heard laughing and Bray’s own creepy voice instructing Randy to ‘run!’.
Why would he want Orton to run away if he was trying to lure the Viper in for the kill? Bray was clearly sending out mixed messages here, like that girl at school you were always pursuing who never actually told you she wasn’t interested. I suppose Bray is meant to be insane after all, so we can let this one slide.
But the cut scenes were just unnecessary, to say the least. We know Bray says ‘run’ a lot, and we are aware this is supposed to be a house full of horrors, but surely a better way of building up the aura around the place would have been to just follow the camera around the different rooms, letting the viewing audience come across the bizarre doll heads and strange pagan constructions ourselves. WWE just can’t help talking down to its fans!
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