Research On Manipulating Time

I have found out that you can manipulate time in my opening sequence in many ways, here are some of those ways.

Screen Time is a period of time represented by events within a film, for example a day or a week, this will just everything in my opening sequence.

Subjective Time is the time that the a character in the film feels, this is usually revealed threw camera movement and editing. For example a frightened person time to get saved is prolonged. I will be doing this with the person falling over and then going in to slow motion.

Compressed Time is the most used Manipulation of time in films. It is where the time between sequences and scenes is compressed, it can be achieved with cuts and dissolves. For an example some one walking up the stairs might not be significant so there will be a shot of them starting to walk up the stairs and then a shot of them entering a room, the audience should realise the room is upstairs from the previous clip. In my opening sequence i wont be using it a lot, but when the persons falls i will then manipulate time to the waking up.

A Long Take is a single shot that is quite long, this is used to give an authentic feel of time. I don't really wan to to give this feeling min my production as i am just building up suspense at the start.

Slow Motion is when you slow down the frames per second rate to make it slower, this can be used to show things which you can see at full pace, or to empathise a dramatic moment. In my production when he is getting dragged i am going to slow it down to empathise the moment ans show the person disorientation with a point of view shot. This will work with my thriller genre.

Accelerated Motion is just increase the frames per second, this can make it more thrilling. more humorous. I am doing a rewind with a faster frame per second at the end to show the story reversing to show that the beginning was the future.

Reverse Motion is playing a scene backwards for a comic, magical or explanationy effect. I think i will use this for a explanatory effect, to show that the next scene will be before the the event first shown.

Replay is an action sequence repeated often in slow motions, mainly used in sport events. I don't think it is necessary to do this in my thriller opening sequence.

Freeze-Frame is where the video freezes and gives a still photograph, this can be used to show a certain event. Although this may loom effective in my production i don't feel like it is appropriate for the suspense i am trying to give.

Flashback is where you show an event that has already happened normally with ripple dissolves. But this isn't in my production so i don't have to use it.

Flashforward this isn't used as much as the flashback and is when it shows something which is going to happen, or what they think is going to happen. Again i am not using this all through the end of my plan could be seem to be a tiny bit similar.

Ambiguous Time is where a sequence that doesn't fit in with the well defined time scheme is placed in. This could be used in my production to shake up the audience.

Universal Time is used to create universal relevance and is normally used for ideas rather than examples. My opening sequence doest apply to the universe but just a specific place/town.

Extended/Expanded Time/Overlapping Action is where part of the action may be repeated for example closing a door and then a look from inside the door closes again. It can exaggerate something ans stretch time. Although i want to aggregate the ending i am planning to make it look as real as possible so hopefully not have to then overlap any action.