So this semester at school I read In the Blink of an Eye. The book is written by Walter Murch and explains his philosophy on film editing. I want to be an editor which I finally grow up! I love the ability to take a whole lot of chaos and mold it in to one beautiful entity. So I find it very interesting when Murch talks about how “editing is [like] a kind of surgery...like cooking...like dance…” (44-45).He explains editing more of a lifestyle, rather than just a task. I think I can relate to him because of how passionate he is. His rule of six, if you have to cut something to make the film work better, cut from the bottom up in this order: emotions, story, rhythm, eye trace, two dimensional plane of screen, and three dimensional space of action. If the three dimensional space of action is not working with the emotions, story, rhythm, eye trace and two dimensional plane of screen, then but the three dimensional space all together. If you have not read In the Blink of an Eye I strongly suggest that you do, as I have an interest in film and editing this has change my thinking every since I read it.
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