The purpose of this study is to identify and explore the
problems surrounding time and space as narrative elements
of the narrative film. Theorists differ in their views
on cinematic tenses. Some claim there is only one speci=
fic time - the time the viewers perceive the events
as they are taking place !!now" before their eyes. Others
classify time in "true!! and cinematic time with a past,
present and future tense.
For the purpose of this study the allocation of space is
the perceiving of different places and not physical
space. The question now arises: how does the director
link the different images, shots, sequences and scenes
together without any discontinuity and within the limited
time?
Due to the fact that the interpersonal, subjective and un=
conscious-cognitive nature of film perception makes
the testing of time and space difficult, the methodology
used in this study is Van Leent's depth dimension.
The result of this inquiry is that there exists no gol=
den rule on film editing at present but that there is room
for improvement in the application of film techniques so
that better continuity in the story is created. The director must know his medium and the destination of his
message.
Finally, a number of proposals were put forward on how
to improve the cinematic technique of story-telling in
order to make the message more perceptible to the
audience.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ufs/oai:etd.uovs.ac.za:etd-07252012-115604 |
| Date | 25 July 2012 |
| Creators | van der Waldt, De la Rey |
| Contributors | Prof AS de Beer, Dr G Puth |
| Publisher | University of the Free State |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en-uk |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.uovs.ac.za//theses/available/etd-07252012-115604/restricted/ |
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