Parallel editing

The god father

What is parallel editing?
Parallel editing is where two scenes are cut together because
they are happening at the same time, for example in the God
father there is a shot of Michele in a church having his daughter
baptised but at the same time there are shot of other mob
bosses being murder. The director, Francis Ford Coppola, most
likely chose these two scenes to put together because they are
very contradicting of each other. In one scene Michelle Corlioni
is shown in the church getting his daughter baptised, in these
scenes the priest is talking about renouncing Satan but then in
these other scenes it shown people being murdered.

500 Days of summer

The film 500 days of summer used split screen to tell the story
from two different prospective of the same person, it does this
by showing what the character wanted to happen and what
actually happened, this lets the view know that he is a bit of a
loser and spends his time dreaming instead of actually doing
like most people.
The Thomas crown affair
In the Thomas crown affair as well as split screen, parallel shots
are also used, they are used so that you know that these two
things are happening at the sometime and the split screen is so
you can see whats happening.
Quantum of solace
In the film quantum of solace the pacing in it helps the setting
by being slow at first so that you know where the character is
and then as it goes on and gets more into the action the paces
speeds up and the shots are quicker and quicker, it also
matches the music in the back ground so its all in one beat.