![]() The film is 97 minutes long, and shows simultaneously four different and one-take sequences that depict events which are happening at the same time. ![]() Timecode, like Conversations with Women, is an early 2000s experimentation with the split screen technique it divides the narration in four different parts of the screen. The scene is extremely intimate without being graphic it shows physical and emotional affection in a tender and realistic way, while at the same time the split screen suggests a certain distance between the characters. ![]() A notable sequence that uses split screen for other purposes is the one where Harry (Jared Leto) and Marion (Jennifer Connelly) sit in bed together and gently touch each other.Įvery half of the screen initially shows one of the two characters’ faces, then alternates and shows the close-up of a body part on a side, and a face on the other. Split screen is another of the techniques of the movie, and is extensively used, in particular for the drug sequences. The reason for the film’s frenetic montages is the attempt to depict the characters’ descent into unrecoverable drug addiction. The film has a very kinetic style, with fast editing of very short shots, as well as time-lapse photography. Requiem for a Dream is Darren Aronofsky’s second film, the first one being the psychological drama Pi. Here are the 15 best uses of split screen in cinema history. The split screen also makes frequent appearances in television series, as most of the cinematic techniques do the most famous example is perhaps the series 24. The Parent Trap (1961) used this technique extensively, making the same young actress play twins. The split screen has many uses: it can show the same moment from two angles, or more often two scenes happening in different places but simultaneously the most classic example of this use is the “phone call” split screen, where you have each person on the phone on a a side of the screen.įor many years, the split screen was also the go-to technique for making the same actor appear twice in the same frame. With the digital age, the same trick can be easily achieved with a software, and this is the way it is generally done today. Traditionally, the split screen was made with the optical printer, which re-photographed different strips of film that could then be put together (the optical printer was also used for fade-ins, fade-outs, matte effects and others). ![]() The split screen perfectly epitomizes the gap between the analogue and the digital era of filmmaking. This way, different camera point of views can be seen at the same time in the same screen. The split screen is an highly recognizable technique which divides the screen into two (or more) parts. ![]()
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