Chapter 2
Rhythm in film is made from patterns of movement. Movement is what editors mirror neurologically, what activates their kinaesthetic empathy, and what they work with intuitively to shape the film’s rhythm. Building on that premise, this chapter compares editing to another art of shaping movement: choreography.
Choreography is the art of manipulating movement: phrasing its time, space, and energy into affective forms and structures. In their work with rhythm, editors do similar things. This chapter compares editing to choreography and uncovers some principles that choreographers use which editors might also find useful in their work.
Before looking at choreography as a source of metaphors about editing, this ...
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