Art of Editing: United 93
Posted by Tim Gruber | Filed under Uncategorized
More on film editing and using parallel cutting from the people at Avid.
A few tidbits:
Parallel cutting, or intercutting between scenes or locations, is one of the earliest film editing techniques. It was used from the start for last-minute rescues and for depicting simultaneous events. Parallel cutting avoids the challenges associated with classical continuity cutting within a scene, which took years to develop and refine: following the 180-degree rule, cutting on a character’s action, maintaining continuity of time/place, and so on.
It enables the editor to move from place to place, creating a sense that multiple events are unfolding simultaneously, as they do in United 93.
As anyone knows who has watched a Hitchcock film, parallel editing can be used to create tension and suspense, stretching time until the climactic moment.
via: The Edit Blog
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