SPLIT/ SCREENS

A "SPLIT SCREEN" TRADITIONALLY SPLITS THE SCREEN IN HALF BUT ALSO CAN BE IN SEVERAL SIMULTANEOUS IMAGES, RUPTURING THE ILLUSION OF TIME AND REALITY! A HELPFUL EDITING TOOL IF YOU WANT TO SHOW A LONG AMOUNT OF TIME CONDENSED, MANY ACTIONS GOING ON IN ONE PLACE, ONE CHARACTER DOING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ACTIONS, OR TO SHOW ONE CHARACTER TWICE ON ONE SCREEN.
FILMS IN THE 1960S POPULARIZED THE USE OF SPLIT SCREENS. ESPECIALLY THE 1964 WORLD'S FAIR IN NEW YORK, RAY AND CHARLES EAMES (SUPER COOL INDUSTRIAL DESIGNERS!!!) MADE A 17 WAY SPLIT SCREEN FOR AN IBM DISPLAY.

THINK ABOUT THIS:
WHAT IS THE DIRECTOR TRYING TO TELL US IN THESE DIFFERENT EXAMPLES?
WHAT FEELING IS CONVEYED BY SHOWING THE SAME IMAGE MULTIPLE TIMES IN ONE FRAME?
WHAT IS CONVEYED BY SHOWING DIFFERENT IMAGES AT ONE TIME IN ONE FRAME?
IS THIS A DATED EDITING TECHNIQUE?
IS THIS METHOD ONLY HELPFUL AESTHETICALLY?

EJEMPLOS:
THOMAS CROWNE AFFAIR- NORMAN JEWISON- (1968) AN EXAMPLE OF EVENTS HAPPENING SIMULTANEOUSLY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1QopQw1IrA&feature=related

WOODSTOCK- WADLEIGH, SCORSESE, SCHOONMAKER- (1969) SPLIT SCREENS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DOCUMENTARY. ALLOWS YOU TO SEE CLOSE UPS OF ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BANDS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBR0T3f7tUw&feature=related

GRAD PRIX- JOHN FRANKENHEIMER (IMPORTANT NY 1960S DIRECTOR!)- (1966)- EXAMPLES OF 3 DIFFERENT EVENTS AT ONCE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cjyH61tG0k

DOOWOP (THAT THING) by LAURYN HILL - EXAMPLE OF A SEAMLESS SPLIT (RECORD THE SHOT 2 TIMES FIRST WITH THE ACTIONS ON THE RIGHT, SECOND WITH THE ACTIONS ON THE LEFT SO THAT YOU PUT IT TOGETHER LIKE A PANORAMA)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6QKqFPRZSA

SUGAR WATER by CIBO MATTO (dir. MICHEL GONDRY) (1996) - ONE SIDE IS IN REVERSE AND THEN THE TWO SIDES MEET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SONG AND SWITCH DIRECTIONS! GONDRY IS THE MASTER OF SUBTLE BUT VERY DIFFICULT CAMERA TRIX!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN9auBn6Jys&feature=related