Timecode

Timecode is a film made in 2000 by Mike Figgis, the film has 4 shots, and is shown in real-time. No editing, just 4 shots in which the viewer edits the film in their own mind by choosing which screen they follow. The film relates a lot to the video i want to make, by having videos play simultaneously and the viewer can choose which screen they go along.

http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1493041433/



This Youtube video has been made by some American students in a case study referring to Timecode. They talk about readings by Lev Manovich. They talk bout his theories about new media and how media is evolving rapidly. They make a point that some cinema media is evolving and moving away from standard linear films. Thus referring to Timecode, they say that Timecode is based on a time code, and the fact that because in the film you see 4 shots of each time code the viewer chooses which time code they watch thus making their own edit and interacting with the film, the viewer see's what they want to see in the film, they see 4 shots as a whole but the attention is based on one shot, this is something which relates heavily to my work. Although this is a student project i found it very useful research and gave me some ideas to base my theory work.