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.
[ Film Ink, "Cutting Shapes"] Currently Associate Professor in Screen Production and Practice at
Macquarie University
Macquarie University ( ) is a Public university, public research university in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 1964 by the New South Wales Government, it was the third university to be established in the Sydney metropolitan area. ...
, 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).
The focus of Pearlman's research, first developed when Head of Screen Studies at the
Australian Film, Television and Radio School
The Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS), formerly Australian Film and Television School, is Australia's national screen arts and broadcast school. Opened to students in 1973 as Film and Television School (FTS), after accredita ...
, is on the connection of film theory and practice by making conceptual thinking accessible and useful to practitioners.
[ UTS: Postgraduate, "Cutting Rhythms"] She co-directs The Physical TV Company with
Richard James Allen
Richard James Allen (born 1960) is a contemporary Australian poet, dancer, actor and filmmaker. The former artistic director of the Poets Union Inc, and founding director of the Australian Poetry Festival, Allen was co-artistic director with Kar ...
.
[Memorabletv.com, "Cutting Rhythms"] In 2009 Dr Pearlman was elected President of The
Australian Screen Editors
Australian Screen Editors (ASE) was founded in 1996 by Henry Dangar (who became its first president) and Jenny Ward. The guild is "dedicated to the pursuit and recognition of excellence in the arts, sciences and technology of motion picture and ...
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
Proprioception ( ) is the sense of self-movement, force, and body position.
Proprioception is mediated by proprioceptors, a type of sensory receptor, located within muscles, tendons, and joints. Most animals possess multiple subtypes of propri ...
empathy in her theorizing, she applies her choreographic sensibility to her own editing and dramaturgy.
Books
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External links
Dr Karen Pearlman at the Macquarie University''Cutting Rhythms: Intuitive Film Editing''Karen Pearlman Filmmaking Blog
* ttp://www.physicaltv.com.au The Physical TV Companybr>The Physical TV Channel on YouTubeThe Physical TV Company Website selected for preservation by Pandora, Australia's Web Archive, at the National Library of Australia
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20091024171445/http://www.physicaltv.com.au/ReviewsAndArticlesByDrKarenPearlman_539_1122_3_0.html Reviews, Articles and Books by and Interviews with Dr Karen Pearlmanbr>Karen Pearlman at the Manuscripts Collection, the State Library of New South WalesKaren Pearlman at the National Film and Sound Archive
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Portrait of Karen Pearlman at the National Library of Australia
References
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1960 births
Australian female dancers
American female dancers
Dancers from Missouri
Australian editors
American editors
Australian choreographers
American choreographers
Australian women choreographers
American women choreographers
Australian women film directors
Film directors from Missouri
Australian film producers
Film producers from Missouri
Living people
Writers from St. Louis
American women film producers
American women editors
Australian women editors
Australian documentary film directors
Australian women film producers
21st-century American women
Australian women documentary filmmakers