Real time (media)

Under real-time refers to both in the literature (especially in terms of novels ) like in the movie the conformity of the period with the narrative duration shown. If one needs therefore equal time to a book passage to read or to watch a movie sequence as the last scenes shown itself, the relevant text, or movie scenes are told in real time.

If the televised episode of a real time series has a length of 60 minutes, the action takes place from exactly this period. Commercial breaks are sometimes included in the calculation, so the actual material (such as DVD ) may be shorter.

To achieve an exact representation of real-time constraints in the narrative are to be accepted. Change of scene the protagonists are more difficult. In the literature as well-known examples Ulysses by James Joyce, Lieutenant Gustl and Fraulein Else by Arthur Schnitzler apply. In the movies, these include Rope, Twelve clock noon, Run Lola Run, against the time or 88 minutes to complete. Also Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Love the Bomb plays in substantially real time.

The most popular ever, real-time series is the action- drama series 24 with Kiefer Sutherlandin the lead role. Other examples include The Royle Family ( sitcom, 1998-2000) or alone against time ( children's series, 2009).

In addition to feature films and television series, there are also TV documentaries in real time. So told 24h Berlin - A Day in the Life an entire day in the German capital. Dozens of camera crews accompanied on 5 September 2008 the daily lives of more than 50 protagonists, the resulting material was mounted to a 24- hour real-time film and broadcast to the minute exactly one year after admission.

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