Slow cutting
Slow cutting is a film editing technique characterized by frequent lengthy shots. Though it depends on context, it is estimated that any shot longer than about fifteen seconds will seem rather slow to many modern-day viewers, especially those who are accustomed to mainstream Western movies, where slow cuts are uncommon.
Slow cutting can be used to establish a mood before fast cutting injects energy. Slow cutting may also be used in scenes of calm or reflection, and filmmakers can use slow cutting to slow down the pace, just as the second movement of a symphony or concerto typically does.[1]
Films and television
Notable films that use the slow cutting technique are:
American director Ken Burns used slow cutting for his television documentary series about the Vietnam War.[5]
Directors
Most of the early films directed by Michelangelo Antonioni use slow cutting.[1] Other directors known for the technique include: George Marshall, John Stahl, Edmund Goulding, George Cukor, John Farrow, and Ernst Lubitsch.[3]
See also
- Long take
- Motion picture terminology
- Fast cutting
- Slow cinema
References
- ^ ISBN 0-312-17818-2.
- ISBN 978-0-85745-949-7.
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- ^ LoBrutto, Vincent (January 30, 2018). "The Old Ultra-Violence: A Clockwork Orange". The American Society of Cinematographers.
- RealScreen. p. 62.
Further reading
- Lindgren, Ernest (1970). The Art Of The Film (2nd ed.). New York: Macmillan.
- Stephenson, Ralph; Phelps, Guy (1989). The Cinema As Art (Revised ed.). London; New York: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-011981-7.
- Barker, Adam (1990). Elsaesser, Thomas (ed.). Early Cinema: Space, Frame, Narrative. london: BFI Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85170-244-5.
- Tian, Feng; Zhang, Yan; Li, Yingjie (March 17, 2021). "From 2D to VR Film: A Research on the Load of Different Cutting Rates Based on EEG Data Processing". Information. 12 (3): 130. doi:10.3390/info12030130.
