The way in which time is structured within a film determines how the audience perceive, and accept, the narrative of the film. The fictional film narratives Ned Kelly and High Noon, handle time completely differently from one another. Ned Kelly follows the life of notorious bushranger, Ned Kelly, from his first encounter with police when he was 16, through to his capture at Glen Rowan when he was 25. High Noon however is filmed in real time: …showed first 75 words of 1174 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1174 total…to condense the events of Ned Kelly's life to a couple of hours. The film is short and to the point, thus keeping the audience engaged and interested. In reality, the sequence of exciting events in Ned Kelly's life was spaced over many months and years. The structuring of time in Ned Kelly was done by utilizing fades, wipes and dissolves to shorten the space between exciting events thus creating a much more engaging film.