Editing Time and Space in Movie Making

Citizen Kane (1941)

The manipulation of time and space in the film of citizen cane is different from that of Pulp Fiction in that it considers formal elements of film technique such as Mise-en-scene where it essentially involves a costume, setting and makeup staging and lighting (Belton, 46). The very important scene that happens in front of the camera appears in the final shot of the film. The setting function of the film has highlighted the key aspect of Kane’s life compared to Pulp Fiction that is seen to intersect in many venues (Belton, 37).

Cinematography has been used in the process of capturing the moving images and the manipulation of such images (Belton, 38). The view is able to see the fore, mid and the background of the shots due to the sharp focus. Editing has coordinated the shot with another ad expose more of them in a series of continuation in the length f the film. They are combined where some are cut, fade, dissolved or even wiped out in order to create simultaneous action. The sound has had a great role in the film. There has been speech, music, and some noise as a result of the sound effect. Welles used both the diegetic and nondigetic sounds that created a great effect (Belton, 55).

Pulp Fiction (1994)

The idea of film manipulation of time and space has been well developed in Pulp Fiction. This is because the editor has been able to create something in the movie that cannot be filmed by the use of various techniques in order to show the change of time visibly. These techniques give the editor a chance to give a different effect and be able to create something totally different to the film. The use of technique shows people an object change or the environment of an object change of a certain period of time such as a person acting in the film such as getting older or younger(Belton, 57).

The film of Pulp Fiction is a good example of manipulation of time and space. Quentin Tarantino directed an iconic film that was filled with humor and violence as well as a nonlinear storyline. The art of the techniques is used to connect the interconnecting storylines of the mobster, fringe players, the mysterious briefcase and the small criminals (Belton, 46). This has presented the film in a chronological manner as a result of its unconventional structure, the extensive used of homage and the pictures of self-reflexity. The holdup stage dinner starts the film in where the technique of time and space is used in order to pick up the story of Jules, Vincent, and Butch (Belton, 32).

The Sunset Boulevard (1950)

The film has embraced the technique of manipulation of time and space through the exploration of possible paradoxes that might happen if the events of the past were changed. The manipulation of time has existed in the film as it has been placed upon humankind repeatedly where in most cases the time twisters are from considered to be from the source outside the current world through the manipulation of facts and the reality in order to suit the best purpose of the film (Chesbrough, 1:33). The sunset Boulevard has been conceptualized through time in order to have large effects through the stylistic practices that have been designed essentially in the filmmaking process.

 

 

Work cited

Belton, John. American Cinema/american Culture. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2013. Print.

Chesbrough  Marguerite  Sunset Boulevard (1950). Retrived from  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZmanNgLShg