Chapter 7
Joining Scenes Together
In this chapter, I look at ways of joining scene to scene as we proceed further on our journey to producing a complete programme or film. Our polymer chain of individual edits gets longer and longer.
A change of scene usually accompanies a change of timescale. By how much time has jumped is generally made clear straight away to the viewer, whether it has been a few minutes or a few years.
Quartermaine’s Terms (1987)—Disguised Time Jumps
A favourite play of mine, dramatised by the BBC, that breaks this rule magnificently is Quartermaine’s Terms (1987) by Simon Gray. It was directed by Bill Hays and starred Sir ...
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