Letting audiences make structural choices in films

September 30, 2015, 05:24 AM

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Editors determine structure. From individual frames, shots and sequences up to scenes and acts. At the higher levels they work out what order to tell stories and with how much detail to go into. When we tell stories, it is common to divide them up into parts – ‘atoms’ – which we think are the smallest indivisible parts of the tale. In the case of news stories and documentaries, these atoms are made up of video, text, images and sound. For news organisations, the same atom is likel...