Run Lola Run Essay
Intro to Film
Run Lola Run
October 14, 2013
Run Lola Run Editing is, in my opinion, the most important aspect of film. Editing is the aspect that allows a film to guide the thoughts and associations of the spectator. Run Lola Run used a series of cuts and a collage to develop a tempo that makes the audience feel exactly how the director intended. In a way, editing can be a form of emotional manipulation. Abrupt changes in camera position can evoke an emotional response from an audience. Run Lola Run used this method several times.
Extreme close ups of each characters faces cutting quickly from one to the next heightened the feeling of angst. There were also several shots in each act that were sped up or slowed down. One of these being when Lola finally got to the bank and stopped running. It was almost too slow compared to the rest of the film which made me think something big was about to happen. The tempo can be affected by two factors which are the length of the shot and the type of shot transition. In this case, the type of shot transitions were cuts- abruptly ending one shot and moving immediately to the next. The timing of each shot in Run Lola Run also seemed to be much quicker than in most movies. Apart from the continuous shots of Lola running, there were mostly quick shots used and a lot of times were paused in a freeze frame of an object meant to draw the audiences focus in. Parallel editing was a technique used a lot by the makers of this film. This is when a film maker cuts back and forth between two or more events occurring in different spaces which makes the audience think the events are happening at the same time. Every time we saw Lola running to the bank or to meet up with Manny, shots cut back and forth between the two. Although in reality, Manny and Lola may not have been saying the same phrases at the same time or looking at clocks simultaneously; however, editing made that possible. Sometimes this method is used for
Run Lola Run
October 14, 2013
Run Lola Run Editing is, in my opinion, the most important aspect of film. Editing is the aspect that allows a film to guide the thoughts and associations of the spectator. Run Lola Run used a series of cuts and a collage to develop a tempo that makes the audience feel exactly how the director intended. In a way, editing can be a form of emotional manipulation. Abrupt changes in camera position can evoke an emotional response from an audience. Run Lola Run used this method several times.
Extreme close ups of each characters faces cutting quickly from one to the next heightened the feeling of angst. There were also several shots in each act that were sped up or slowed down. One of these being when Lola finally got to the bank and stopped running. It was almost too slow compared to the rest of the film which made me think something big was about to happen. The tempo can be affected by two factors which are the length of the shot and the type of shot transition. In this case, the type of shot transitions were cuts- abruptly ending one shot and moving immediately to the next. The timing of each shot in Run Lola Run also seemed to be much quicker than in most movies. Apart from the continuous shots of Lola running, there were mostly quick shots used and a lot of times were paused in a freeze frame of an object meant to draw the audiences focus in. Parallel editing was a technique used a lot by the makers of this film. This is when a film maker cuts back and forth between two or more events occurring in different spaces which makes the audience think the events are happening at the same time. Every time we saw Lola running to the bank or to meet up with Manny, shots cut back and forth between the two. Although in reality, Manny and Lola may not have been saying the same phrases at the same time or looking at clocks simultaneously; however, editing made that possible. Sometimes this method is used for