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October 27, 2005

Editing in Shirin Neshat's New Movie

Last weekend, I saw the Shirin Neshat film at Barbara Gladstone. The video seemed to be composed of several types of shots: shots that set the scene, reaction shots, and action shots. Shots that set the scene showed the kind of space we were in; sometimes introducing a character at the same time. Action shots showed some kind of action; for example, there is a scene when a man’s hands are moving over the main character, and the camera follows the hands. Reaction shots would show the expression of a character.

The movie seemed to follow this structure: 1) establish the scene 2) show some action 3) show people’s reactions. Of course it got a little more complicated than this, but I got the feeling this was the basic idea.

Posted by rus200 at October 27, 2005 05:50 PM

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