{"id":72884,"date":"2016-04-05T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=72884"},"modified":"2022-08-12T12:56:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T17:56:49","slug":"cinematic-clown-car-editing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/cinematic-clown-car-editing\/","title":{"rendered":"Cinematic Clown Car Editing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How to Use Creative Geography to Craft Exciting Filmic Screen Spaces<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Top Image: The Trial<\/a><\/em> via Viacom<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to reproducing physical space in filmmaking<\/strong>, it\u2019s easy to feel trapped by the limitations of the mundane world<\/a>, especially if you\u2019re working with limited budgetary means. Thankfully, film space is a matter of construction<\/a> through editing and doesn\u2019t have to follow the rules of everyday reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the same way that a clown car<\/a> can hold seemingly endless clowns, your use of creative<\/strong> geography<\/strong> can construct a film space seemingly out of thin air. The TARDIS<\/a> from Doctor Who<\/a><\/em> is an excellent example of cinematic clown car editing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Tardis\"
<\/a>Doctor Who<\/a><\/em> via BBC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Creative Geography?<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The idea of creative geography<\/a> arises from the same principles of montage as the\u00a0uninflected shot<\/a> and is generally attributed to Russian theorist and filmmaker Lev Kuleshov<\/a>, also known for the Kuleshov Effect<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creative<\/strong> geography<\/strong> uses the power of filmic juxtaposition to create the impression of a continuous geographical space. Because film is a rectangular representation of three dimensional space, creative<\/strong> geography<\/strong> can take advantage of and create non-existent spatial relationships within this filmic space. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creative<\/strong> geography<\/strong> and film continuity<\/a> can be used to film actors at different times in different locations as was presumably the case with this scene between David Bowie<\/a> and Marlene Dietrich<\/a> in Just a Gigolo<\/a> <\/em>(1978):<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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