Showing posts with label rhythmic relationships. Show all posts
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Saturday, 27 October 2012

Editing - Rhythmic Relationships

Rhythm

Rhythm editing describes an assembling of shots and/or sequences according to a rhythmic pattern of some kind, usually dictated by music. It can be narrative, as in the clip from Woody Allen’s Bananas below, or, a music video type collage, as in the second clip from Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette. In either case, dialogue is suppressed and the musical relationship between shots takes center stage.

See below for detailed examples plus video clips