Real Time (media) - Film and Television

Film and Television

Often, use of split screens or picture-in-pictures are used to show events occurring at the same time, or the context in which various subplots are affecting each other. Examples include the television series 24 and films Timecode and Phone Booth. On-screen clocks are often used to remind the audience of the real-time presentation.

  • Rope (1948)
  • The Set-Up (1949)
  • Dragnet episode "City Hall Bombing" (first aired in 1949)
  • High Noon (1952)
  • 12 Angry Men (1957)
  • Cléo de 5 à 7 (1962)
  • The Sadist (1963)
  • "Anokhi Raat" (1968)
  • M*A*S*H episode "Life Time" (first aired November 26, 1979)
  • Wannseekonferenz (1984)
  • Clue (1985)
  • Seinfeld episode "The Chinese Restaurant", first aired May 23, 1991
  • Frasier, episodes "My Coffee With Niles" (1994) and "Dinner Party" (1999)
  • Nick of Time (1995)
  • Friends episode "The One Where No One's Ready", first aired September 26, 1996
  • Running Time (1997)
  • Run Lola Run (1998)
  • "The X-Files" episode "Triangle", first aired November 22, 1998
  • The Royle Family (sitcom, 1998–2000)
  • Space Ghost Coast to Coast episode "Waiting for Edward", first aired December 25, 1998
  • Timecode (2000)
  • 24 (TV series, 2001–2010)
  • Tape (2001)
  • Russian Ark (2002)
  • Watching Ellie (TV series, 2002–03, first incarnation only)
  • 11:14 (2003)
  • Phone Booth (2003)
  • Before Sunset (2004)
  • Nine Lives (2005)
  • The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005)
  • United 93 (2006)
  • 16 Blocks (2006 film)
  • Crank (2006 film), where the protagonist is on an energetic cat-and-mouse game to avoid his poisoned heart losing adrenaline.
  • Numb3rs episode "One Hour" (2007)
  • 11 Minutes Ago (film 2007) - An indie drama that plays out in 11 minutes increments of reverse-chronological real-time. It was filmed in just 17 hours.
  • 88 Minutes (2008 film)
  • Stargate Atlantis episode "Thirty-Eight Minutes" (without advertisements)
  • "42", an episode of the third series of Doctor Who (2007)
  • Garfield and Friends episode "Five-Minute Warning", including a 5-minute countdown in the corner of the screen (note: the countdown jumps from :58 to :56)
  • The Simpsons episode "24 Minutes" - A parody of the TV series 24
  • Justice League episode "Wild Cards" features a real-time bomb hunt; the countdown clock is visible throughout the episode.
  • 30 Minute Meals
  • Mad About You episodes "Our Fifteen Minutes" (1995) and "The Conversation" (1997)
  • Roger & Val Have Just Got In
  • Him and Her
  • Cherry Tree Lane (2010 film) about two parents horror as their home is invaded by a local gang looking for their teenage son.
  • Silent House (2011 film)
  • Neighbours (2011 - "Episode 6188")

The technique has been criticized for being unrealistic, since in order to make fiction more interesting than real-life, tasks such as travel, eating, and use of bathrooms would occur much quickly (or be ignored entirely) and therefore require more suspension of disbelief.

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