{"id":97242,"date":"2017-12-05T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T12:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=97242"},"modified":"2017-11-29T10:37:11","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T16:37:11","slug":"editing-theory-manipulate-passage-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/editing-theory-manipulate-passage-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Editing Theory: How to Manipulate The Passage of Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"this-simple-technique-based-on-editing-theory-will-help-you-hack-your-audiences-minds-and-manipulate-the-flow-of-time\">This simple technique, based on editing theory, will help you hack your audience&#8217;s minds and manipulate the flow of time.<\/h2>\n<p>Since the early days of film, editing and production techniques have found ways to trick the mind. From forced perspective and rear projection production techniques to modern day green screen and CGI \u2014 it\u2019s all visual trickery.<\/p>\n<p>However, for those interested in\u00a0filmmaking theory, editing offers a very fascinating look into how people process visual information. It also shows how editing can exploit the human brain\u00a0to\u00a0benefit narrative storytelling and simple video editing tricks. In a way, it&#8217;s a study in how information lies and forces viewers to accept false information as undeniably true.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s look at a basic example of how editing can manipulate how time passes in your films and videos \u2014 and how you can use it to suspend your audience&#8217;s disbelief and create better options in your edits.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"video-in-real-time\"><strong>Video in Real Time<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div style=\"width: 1280px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-97242-1\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Time-Clip-1.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Time-Clip-1.mp4\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Time-Clip-1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>First things first: let\u2019s jump into\u00a0the video in real time. As you can see in the clip above, we have a recording of an action taking place in real time. No tricks or techniques about it.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is twenty seconds, which is pretty long for a single shot. As a viewer and a collective audience, we can process information pretty quickly in terms of what we\u2019re seeing on screen. We know within a few seconds what\u2019s happening here and how it\u2019s most likely going to end, so it\u2019s easy to get bored. So, what if we want to speed things up?<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"speeding-up-the-passage-of-time\">Speeding Up the Passage of Time<\/h3>\n<div style=\"width: 1280px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-97242-2\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Time-Clip-2.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Time-Clip-2.mp4\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Time-Clip-2.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Here\u2019s how you can speed things up. In the clip above, we see the same shot at the beginning, but we use a cutaway of the glassblower\u2019s face before\u00a0returning back to the end of the first action. You\u2019ll notice that during the cutaway, we cut a good portion of the action, and now the entire sequence is\u00a0only about\u00a0ten seconds long.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0editing theory, the viewer\u00a0recognizes\u00a0the action beginning, follows the cutaway for more information, then picks the action back up as completed in real time, even though several seconds of the action are missing.\u00a0Using this technique, you can also make\u00a0sequences longer, too.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"slowing-down-the-passage-of-time\">Slowing Down the Passage of Time<\/h3>\n<div style=\"width: 1280px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-97242-3\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Time-Clip-3.mp4?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Time-Clip-3.mp4\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Time-Clip-3.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Conversely, you can use the same technique for a reverse effect. As you can see in the clip above, we see the same action as before, recognize a cutaway for more information, and we return to complete the action we cut away from.<\/p>\n<p>However, in this version,\u00a0we didn&#8217;t remove any of the action (and even slightly\u00a0backed it up)\u00a0during the cutaway, which\u00a0<em>creates time<\/em>\u00a0for the action that didn\u2019t exist. Presto: mind hack. We as an audience, still follow that it\u2019s the same clip though because that\u2019s what we\u2019re led to believe.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in more editing tips, tricks and theories, check out some of these articles below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/4-iconic-editing-techniques\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">4 Iconic Editing Techniques<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/cutting-on-the-blink-editing-tips-from-walter-murch\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Cutting on the Blink: Editing Tips From Walter Murch<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/professional-video-editing-tips-and-techniques\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Professional Video Editing Tips and Techniques<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/master-art-pre-edit\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Why You Should Master the Under-Appreciated Art of a Good Pre-Edit<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/category\/video-editing\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Video Editing Archives<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This simple technique, based on editing theory, will help you hack your audience&#8217;s minds and manipulate the flow of 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