Today I discovered the joys of parallel editing.
Parallel editing is basically cross cutting. It is when action in one place is cut with action in another, purportedly happening at the same time, yet it doesn't always have to be.
I've always known what cross cutting is but parallel editing makes it sound so much better. AND it gets even more better when you realise the power of parallel editing as a true storytelling device instead of just a way of splicing two scenes together.
Take this scene from Taiwanese film Yi Yi.
The father is on a date with a woman who he has recently met again after a 20 year absence.
His first ever date was with the woman he has just met.
His daughter meanwhile is on her first ever date on the same night.
Both couple are doing practically the same thing and the scene is almost like 2 scenes running side by side.
It's the first 2mins 30s or so of this clip.
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