Improved paragraph for Editing: Merlin

There's a lot of intercutting throughout the whole sequence, especially in the fight scene between Merlin and the Prince - a lot of close up, slow motion shots of the weapon hitting the fruit give impact and show the strength of the Prince compared to Merlin.
At the beginning of the sequence there is a pan shot of Merlin's perspective entering the  bedroom to show his curiosity of a place unknown to him, it is then a straight cut to the lady walking along so you know he's going to get caught by her (juxtapositioning helps the audience to gather that these two shots in this sequence are immediately sequential) - you can see by her clothing that she is of higher status. Also in this scene, when the lady is looking at herself in the mirror you see from her perspective, an old lady in the mirror - the facial expressions and movement have been swiftly edited as if it's her moving as the old woman. This gives the audience a use of dramatic irony because they know something that the other characters don't - this also intrigues the audience to the lady's character.

When the scene changed to the market, you can see that Merlin fits right in with this class, the panning shot lets you see that he is on the same level as the stool runners. A shallow depth of field is used with Merlin's confrontation to the Prince, so the audience will focus on Merlin's facial expressions and what he's saying. There is also an over shoulder- shot reverse shot between merlin and the Prince to show that the Prince always has someone watching his back and Merlin just has someone watching him. Shot/reverse shot is an example of Spatial Relations,in which it relates points in space in order to achieve narrative continuity. Half way through the fight scene it cuts to the old wizard in the tower looking down on his apprentice (like father to son) this also shows his significance and that he'll be of importance later on in the sequence.
In the final scene there is a two shot of the old wizard and Merlin having an argument, the camera tracks whilst they walk in and discuss what just happened, the camera keeps on the old man's eye level to show that he's in power at this moment in time.