Why split screen?

This is another example of a film that uses this idea of split screen. The idea is to show two characters in two different scenario's on the same screen at the same time. This clip is taken from the film "500 Days of Summer" showing the development of time with the two main characters.

The reason we decided to use split screen for "Crossed Wires" is because the entire film shows two people on the phone to one another, with nothing else going on. This could be really boring and also really confusing for an audience to watch the action jumping back and forth. There for we decided to have the action going on with both characters on screen the whole time.

This could be a little tedious and get boring quite quickly, so to create a sense of the characters lives, we've mixed shots of their belongings/actions etc with shots of them talking. Gareth took a wide variety of long shots and close ups, which gives the film more depth and makes it visually exciting.

This is an example of how we used split screen: