FILM / THE CIRCUS (Edit Sample #21: In the Lion's Cage)

Edit Sample #21
The Unity of Space:
The Circus

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AS YOU STUDY editing, consider that it is not an act (cutting) but an art (montage). The editor does not merely shorten scenes, cut them out entirely, or select the best takes in terms of acting or lighting (though these are parts of an editor's job). But at best an editor interprets film footage and imposes an ideal rhythm and spatial  coherence on it. Sometimes this involves intercutting or cross-cutting. But other times, as Andre Bazin points out in the attached commentary, it involves preserving a unity of space (see study picture).
    To view the film clip from The Circus (Charles Chaplin, 1928), go here.

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