The Art of Editing #3

The Construction of Time in film editing

1. THE ART OF EDITING THE CONSTRUCTION OF TIME Shannon Walsh / sm2002 / Spring 2014 School of Creative Media, City University Hong Kong Class 3

2. CONSTRUCTING TIME Parallel Editing Temporal Ellipsis Temporal Expansion

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. PARALLEL EDITING

6. 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

7. THEORY OF MONTAGE:

8. 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

9. THE BIRDS (1963) Graphic & Temporal Relations: Fire scene

10. THE BIRDS (1963) Graphic & Temporal Relations: Fire scene

11. TEMPORAL ELLIPSIS MALTESE FALCON (1943)

12. TIME as basic element of FILM TSAI 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 cinema http:// www.fandor.com /blog/daily-venice-toronto-2013-tsai-ming-liangs-stray- dogs

13. Action continuity: “What time is it there?” (2001)

14. DEADLINE! Action Continuity Assignment Workshop & Shooting

15. Happy New Year!!