Editing: Superman shows Batman how to Fall
In this video Jim Emerson demonstrates how removing one cut from a falling sequence in The Dark Knight helps the overall scene.
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Very interesting. That did make for a tighter shot. Sometimes more is not necessarily better.
Sometimes less is more. Might could even have lost another shot in there.
No, I don’t think loosing the guy in the cab was better. I thought it made it worse.
He adds context and a certain rhythm to the edit. The fall has an anticipatory moment – a brief second of “why am I watching this guy in the cab while something dramatic is going on” sort of tension.
Without it, its feels like “wham bam thank you ma’am”. The fall lacks any sort of weight or consequence.
I agree with John. I think that the cab driver should have stayed.
Yeah, the shot of the cabbie creates a couple seconds of “Wtf? Why am I looking at this cabbie? Did the editor eff up? Oh wait! That dude is under them! Cabbie noooooooo!!! Oh…you’re ok. Whew!”
I agree John, the cab made the audience wonder will he be hurt because he doesn’t know whats about to happen? But I like cutting out some of the extra takes
yep, you need the cab driver to get some more tension into the scene. maybe it also makes it a little bit funny but all in all its more spectacular. without it , it would be a boring 90s
stunt.
the more i read, the more it reminds of this joke…….How many Directors does it take to change a light bulb? one and 99 million talking about how they would have done it different.
the picture’s fine, he broke rules, better….and more importantly……I wish i had been paid his salary to make those same judgements