While this is more geared towards the editing concerns for larger productions with multi-month editing cycle, Murch has many insights into the basic practicalities of editing. While this book covers video editing from a high-level, theoretical perspective, a lot of the advice and thinking informs "lower" forms of video production. That's only when he's not nagging on about the fact that he likes to put his KEM on an elevated surface, because he prefers to edit while standing up. I had serious FOMO when I saw all the proofs and reviews and I had to get myself a copy once it had been published.

In other words, as Murch describes it, they have no knowledge of what was beyond the frame you see on the screen.Film editors should imagine each scene as a conversation where every cut mimics ‘the blink of an eye’, forming natural pauses in the interaction.

After the first cut is assembled and you watch it back, the editor can still too vividly remember each cut and why they made it.It contains much the same (and more) content and is crafted by Ondaatje to emphasize not just Murch's genius, but also his humility and eager, genuine curiosity.

This amount includes seller specified domestic postage charges as well as applicable international postage, dispatch, and other fees. Aparte de su conocimiento del montaje y de un sentido artístico audiovisual que podíamos dar por hecho, Murch tiene una sensibilidad literaria y una prosa envidiables. A fresh and intriguing detective double act – I fell hard for all-too-human Kat and her AI colleague Lock . Lock is the counter to Kat, he feeds are information, is able to analyse objectively and Kat can use that information to look at how it would be dealt with by fellow humans, softened or manipulated where necessary.Will her years of experience and her human instinct be better regarded than the logical theories and probability of a robot? Similarly—in film—a shot presents us with an idea, or a sequence of ideas, and the cut is a “blink” that separates and punctuates those ideas. In the Blink of an Eye explores the potential future of technology with an in-depth, unforgettable look at grief and humanity, and how surprisingly, one can aide the other. I’m not sure how I’d feel about working along side AI, but it certainly seems to take some of the strain out of the legwork, an example being Lock’s ability to review hours of CCTV footage in just seconds. In reality the case/s (involving missing young men) took a backseat to the characters and the premise – though the crimes and their motivation are also complex and interesting.