In some cases, I start editing to sound effects and music tracks, for instance, in the "Telling Lies"" project, I cut shots to the rhythm of music, allowing music to provide formal and rhythmic continuity between shots. ... When cutting into the performance, I pay attention to the sequence, being careful not to break the rhythm established by the characters in the scene. ... These shots should never be the same length and should vary in rhythm and pacing. When a film has an effective rhythm, the editing appears to be seamless - leading the audience to become involved with the characters and t...

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The eye therefore subconsciously recognizes this cinematic rhythm and in turn is pleased by it. ... The man sees the girl is gone and runs outside via the same rhythm or sequence of frames (frames 1,2,3,4,5). ... All along Dreyer consciously creates a wonderful rhythm without doing more work by creating a greater sense of energy and movement visa vie panning camera angels, sudden close-ups, and so on. By the final scenes of the film, the rhythm has remained present but in different forms. ...

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In the light of film theory, formalism is thus the creative production process of movies by means of artistic expression in composition, rhythm and editing. ... In contrast paradigm, Vertov has successfully achieved a montage of rapid imagery and rhythm in the film "Man With The Movie Camera". ...

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"Little beat big when little smart. First with the head, then with the heart." This describes perfectly the attitude of The Power of One. It revolves around a young boy facing hardship and triumph in the harsh and racially unjust nation of South Africa. It all begins appealingly enough with a br...

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The music sets the atmosphere of the movie and its rhythm matches the pain the protagonist feels in that particular scene and the sound intensifies as the voltage of electricity increases and subsequently the pain felt by the protagonist increases. ...

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An example would be scene of Alicia, the key, the bathroom door, and her husband; the use of rhythm keeps the audience immensely aware of the game of cat and mouse that is being played between Alicia and her husband. ...

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" After heavy driving rhythms of build-up from the guitar and drums, the chorus is delivered with fast-paced beats from all instruments to emphasise the frustration that is in correlation with the singer's troubles. ...

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This proposal is for a short documentary that will cover the life of Dr. Mhlanga, an academic, writer and activist, native to Zimbabwe and now resident in Britain. The film will briefly cover his life from the past and leading to the present. It will piece this together to form an explorative and st...

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