Karen Pearlman

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Karen Pearlman is a film scholar, known for her pioneering work in articulating underlying principles concerning what rhythm in film is and the purpose it serves in modulating cycles of tension and release for viewers. [1] Currently Associate Professor in Screen Production and Practice at Macquarie University, she is the author of Cutting Rhythms, Shaping the Film Edit (Focal Press, 2009) and its second edition Cutting Rhythms, Intuitive Film Editing (Focal Press, 2016).

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The focus of Pearlman's research, first developed when Head of Screen Studies at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, is on the connection of film theory and practice by making conceptual thinking accessible and useful to practitioners. [2] She co-directs The Physical TV Company with Richard James Allen. [3] In 2009 Dr Pearlman was elected President of The Australian Screen Editors Guild (ASE).

Background influences

Many of Pearlman's ideas about rhythm, editing, and affect derive from her career as a professional dancer with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company; dancing and choreographing in the theaters, lofts and experimental dance venues of Australia, the US and in Europe. As well as using her understanding of kinesthetic empathy in her theorizing, she applies her choreographic sensibility to her own editing and dramaturgy.

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References

  1. "Cutting Shapes". filmink.com.au. Retrieved 19 October 2009. Film Ink, "Cutting Shapes"
  2. "Cutting Rhythms By: Karen Pearlman, Publisher: Focal Press". UTS:Postgraduate. Retrieved 19 October 2009. UTS: Postgraduate, "Cutting Rhythms"
  3. "Cutting Rhythms - Shaping The Film Edit By Dr Karen Pearlman". memorabletv.com. Retrieved 19 October 2009.Memorabletv.com, "Cutting Rhythms"