the art of editing #3
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The Construction of Time in film editingTRANSCRIPT
THE ARTOF EDITING
THE CONSTRUCTION OF TIME
Shannon Walsh / sm2002 / Spring 2014School of Creative Media, City University Hong Kong
CLASS 3
CONSTRUCTING TIME
• Parallel Editing• Temporal Ellipsis • Temporal Expansion
THEORY OF MONTAGE:PARALLEL EDITING
• Parallel editing or "cross-cutting" means "two stories told simultaneously with inter-cutting
Alfred Hitchcock, Strangers on a Train (1951)
PARALLEL EDITING
Parallel action is a powerful technique because it invites the viewer to draw thematic connections or make other kinds of comparisons between the areas of actions.(Hurbis-Cherrier, 2007, pg. 75)
PARALLEL EDITING
Temporal expansion: stretches out time, and is the opposite of temporal ellipsis; examples are evident in Serge Eisenstein's classic Potemkin, Kevin Kostner's Tin Cup, and Silence of the Lambs.
Explosions, falls, and fights are often juiced up with temporal expansion, but such are often ridden with clichés.
THEORY OF MONTAGE:Temporal Expansion
THEORY OF MONTAGE:
Elliptical editing or temporal ellipsis means "omitting part of an event," and almost all editing is in fact elliptical.
Fades often signify "temporal ellipsis"--a break in time going forward, while dissolves often signify flashbacks or suggest future action (Casablanca).
Swish pans (flash pans, zip pans, or "wipes") are used to signify a series of events--as in the "marriage sequence" in Citizen Kane.
Sometimes elliptical editing is combined with dialogue to create a long break in time, as in the famous sentence in Citizen Kane that begins "Merry Christmas. . . and ends twenty years later. . ."and a Happy New Year."
THEORY OF MONTAGE:Temporal Ellipsis
THE BIRDS (1963)
Graphic & Temporal Relations: Fire scene
THE BIRDS (1963)
Graphic & Temporal Relations: Fire scene
TEMPORAL ELLIPSIS
MALTESE FALCON (1943)
TIME as basic element of FILMTSAI MIANG-LING
What happens when the cut only happens for a change of scene? Film grammar is disrupted when we cut less because we are use to quick cutting and a certain
language of cinemahttp://www.fandor.com/blog/daily-venice-toronto-2013-tsai-ming-liangs-stray-dogs
Action continuity:“What time is it there?” (2001)
DEADLINE!
• Action Continuity Assignment Workshop & Shooting
Happy New Year!!