IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE NEW EDN: New Edition

A great book for people of all skill levels and interests in film - even just movie buffs! Walter offers both the very interesting origins of physical film editing as well as the dawn of the digital movie age, and the crossover techniques that still exist today with the likes of Spielberg. At the very least there is some great info on editing techniques and understanding when to cut a shot and how to understand confident and nervous acting. There's something for everyone!

I eye opener hence the pin. Read if you want to learn about the science of cinema creation. Make you realise how the film or media make tell a story through visual provoking emotions and influence.

This book is absolutely great. I was recommended it and thought "Yeah nah mate, I can't be assed" And I'm so glad I did, this is really insightful and written by one of the great editors of our time! Genuinely cannot recommend enough

Really good and very interesting. Walter Murch is a film hero and this book goes some way to explain why. It tells in his own words how and why he works and is refreshing in that the writer talks about new technology in a positive light, despite being grounded in traditional methods. Going in to detail about when and why we blink he takes this and talks about when to cut and how blinking so important. If the audeince blinks at the wrong time then you've lost them. ie Don't cut when the actor blinks - cut when the audeince blinks. Stuff like that and lots more. A modest book, jam packed with stuff to think about. I think I'll edit my next film standing up - see if his advice helps my film.

Good buy

I have bought this while studying Editing & Post Production at university following the suggestion of my lecturer. A very good recommendation. It's a great essay on the art of editing written by a revered editor. I now work as an editor in tv drama and Walter Murch is someone you need to know. Also quoting this book is always a good thing to do when meeting fellow editors.

I have read a lot of books in my time and Walter Murch's 'In the blink of an eye' is easily one of the best of those! I originally bought this to learn about editing from one of the best which I did but my surprise was in that this book is also a powerful philosophical read on life! Highly recommended!

I bought this book as Murch in an expert in his field and was hoping to extract some good information, about creativity, about techniques, about specific skills to use and refine as an editor. While the book was interesting to read, it was not what I was expecting. It was a nostalgic rant about analogue machines used for editing, and a dissection on pro and cons of the new digital era and editing systems. As I said, interesting to read, but not the reason why I bought it. The actual interesting part was a chapter or so.

Esse livro é muito gostoso de ser lido e nos coloca dentro da cabeça de um dos gênios do cinema.

holy book for film editors

As others mentioned, this book always makes the list in discussions about learning how to edit effectively. The reason is simple - it ticks all of the boxes - brief (but thorough), deep (but approachable and easy to understand), theoretical and philosophical (but still practical), and authoritative (but not condescending). Murch's advice is rooted in his experience as an Oscar-winning editor-in-chief on dozens of films. He shares the wisdom of his experiences freely and incisively, including his transition from pure analogue to the film/digital hybrid approach much in use at the start of this century. He explains why cuts work (and why they don't), how any editor can use the information of the material to find the "right" cut, and an immensely practical set of guidelines for evaluating any edit (the Rule of Six). Ignore the gainsayers' comments about the "outdated" section on film versus digital. Murch's description of his adoption of a digital workflow and his examination of its strengths and weaknesses are invaluable today. I particularly appreciate his observations of the pitfalls introduced by the immediacy and convenience of digital shooting and editing - a lack of planning, a failure to look into and through the film (as the audience will see it in a theater), and the increasingly solitary nature of production (versus the intensely collaborative world of the film age). The Golden Age was great for a reason, and he gives good advice on keeping those higher principles in your work while you edit on your Mac or PC the footage shot on your sub-$10,000 camera. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in film production!

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