Prevalence of Increased Rapid Editingin Action Sequences After the Advent of Sophisticated Film Making Tools in Tamil Cinema
High Technology Letters ISSN NO : 1006-6748 Prevalence of Increased Rapid Editingin Action Sequences after the Advent of Sophisticated Film Making Tools in Tamil Cinema S Parthasarathy1 and Dr. V. Sundararaman2 1Ph. D Research Scholar, 2Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, ManonmaniamSundaranar University, Abishekapatti, Tirunelveli - 627012, Tamil Nadu, India. Abstract In Tamil movies centered on mass heroes, rapid editing helps the Filmmaker to make the audience believe the completely unrealistic action sequences into realistic presentation by engaging them. In action packed movies except few action sequences, which are in real, majority of the action sequences are built with intensified continuity editing with rapid cuts. In Tamil Cinemas in most of the movies, traditional Hollywood continuity style of storytelling are employed in representing space, time, and narrative relations in sequences. Largely action packed Tamil movies adhere to the premises of Classical Continuity with the intensification in Editing. Factors, whichfavour the intensified continuity editing, are the availability of NLE Softwares and tactics of different styles of camera work. To achieve this Continuity editing rules are strictly followed to hide the cuts and to give more emphasize on expression of the actors involved in action. Continuity editing is vital to maintain the perception of spatial and temporal ellipsis. Keywords: Average Shot Length, Classical Continuity, Continuity Editing, Non Linear Continuity, 180o Rule, Action Continuity, Over the Shoulder Shot, Close-up Shot I.INTRODUCTION The Evolution of Tamil cinema industry dates back to 1987 when the first ever cinematograph show in south India was screened by M Edwards in Victoria Public Hall near Cental Station in Chennai.
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