In the Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing Contributor(s): Murch, Walter (Author), Coppola, Francis Ford (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1879505622 ISBN-13: 9781879505629 Publisher: Silman-James Press OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2001 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - Direction & Production |
Dewey: 778.535 |
LCCN: 2001042949 |
Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.68" W x 8.44" (0.50 lbs) 146 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In the Blink of an Eye is celebrated film editor Walter Murch's vivid, multifaceted, thought -- provoking essay on film editing. Starting with what might be the most basic editing question -- Why do cuts work? -- Murch treats the reader to a wonderful ride through the aesthetics and practical concerns of cutting film. Along the way, he offers his unique insights on such subjects as continuity and discontinuity in editing, dreaming, and reality; criteria for a good cut; the blink of the eye as an emotional cue; digital editing; and much more. In this second edition, Murch reconsiders and completely revises his popular first edition's lengthy meditation on digital editing (which accounts for a third of the book's pages) in light of the technological changes that have taken place in the six years since its publication. |