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 Lecturer in Film Production 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). 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. The school is a Commonwealth Government statutory authority. History Establishe ...

, 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.Memorabletv.com, "Cutting Rhythms" 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 Proprioception ( ), also referred to as kinaesthesia (or kinesthesia), is the sense of self-movement, force, and body position. It is sometimes described as the "sixth sense". Proprioception is mediated by proprioceptors, mechanosensory neurons ...

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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