'Continuity And Continuity In The Film Rihanna'

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Spatial and temporal relations are important concepts in the editing of both these films. It allows the time and space of the film to be illustrated in a way that determines what will be shown to the audience and how. Continuity and discontinuity is depicted in different scenes in both films by the space and time presented.
Space and time that is demonstrated in each shot can be manipulated through the cooperation of each shot. For example, in Rihanna’s Sledgehammer there is an establishing shot of Rihanna on the rock planet giving us an overview of the space. Throughout the majority of the video continuity is depicted by the different shots of Rihanna in the same space that was established in the beginning. The time is presented by the shot duration in which the video presents everything from beginning to end chronologically. In Sherlock continuity of …show more content…

Dissolve is utilized by showing an afterimage of the movements Rihanna makes. It appears that two Rihannas are being shown with a colorful background that resembles the colorful space in the beginning which differs from the original, rock planet space. Discontinuity of space is shown by the montage sequence of when Sherlock Jr steps into the screen at the movie theater in his dream. The audience is shown many different spaces appear on the screen as Sherlock Jr stumbles through each one. Discontinuity of time is also presented in the montage sequence throughout the different spaces. For example, there are some spaces that are set at daytime and others that are set at nighttime. There are some that are set in different time of the year. For example, there is a scene in where Sherlock Jr jumps into snow and another scene where he is in the dessert as a train goes by- one is set in winter time and the other is set in summer time. Discontinuity in time and space is used to call attention to certain aspects of the

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