| Description |
xiv, 146 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Francis Coppola -- Cuts and shadow cuts -- Why do cuts work? -- "Cut out the bad bits" -- Most with the least -- The rule of six -- Misdirection -- Seeing around the edge of the frame -- Dreaming in pairs -- Team work : multiple editors -- The decisive moment -- Methods and machines : marble and clay -- Test screenings : referred pain -- Don't worry, it's only a movie -- Dragnet -- A galaxy of winking dots -- Afterword: Digital film editing : past, present, and imagined future |
| Summary |
In the Blink of an Eye' is editor Walter Murch's essay of film editing. Starting with what might seem to be the most basic editing question - Why do cuts work? - he treats the reader to a marvelous "ride" through the esthetics and practical concerns of cutting film. Along the way, he offers his insights on such subjects as continuity and discontinuity in editing, dreaming, and real life; the criteria of a good cut; and the blink of the eye as both an analog to and an emotional cue for the cut. New to this second edition is Murch's lengthy meditation on the current state of digital editing." |
| Notes |
This is a revised transcription of a lecture on film editing given by Walter Murch in the mixing theater at Spectrum Films, Sydney, Australia, in October 1988. It was one in a series of lectures sponsored by the australian Film Commission. " -- From page i |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Editing
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| Author |
Coppola, Francis Ford, 1939-
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| LC no. |
2001042949 |
| ISBN |
1879505622 |
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9781879505629 |
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