The only part of the book that is unnecessary is the comparison of digital and film editing equipment, probably out of date even before the printing.

We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. If this book did anything for me, it helped me fall in love more with the art of editing, but I'm not sure if it gave me a lot of insight on how to be a better editor. I'm not sure I've met any editors who follow this advice, but then again I'm not working on feature films. Much not only explains the art of editing and his approach to it but he also looks into real life and tells stories.

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. Most of what we experience visually from the moment we get up is a continous stream of linked images. 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!

It was super fun and rewarding and it woulda been the route to find gigs and jobs - unlike directing because it's intangible skill that future employers can't grasp onto. Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality.If you have any sort of interest in film you should read this but if you love cinema then you pretty much have to read it. The second half is about digital editing, and the first 10 pages or so of that are a little specific about technologies, and things I already knew about (e. The first half is about the art of editing itself (and more old-style/analog editing), distilling several days worth of raw footage into a final product lasting only few hours.

Murch has taken years of experience in the film industry and poured them into this work of theory and art. Svo er líka gaman að sjá hversu vel hann nær að spá fyrir náframtíðinni en allt sem hann segir hefur orðið að veruleika í dag. There's a bit he he has about how people watching films are like bees, there's a bit about how the relationship between a director and a editor should be like a dreamer and a dream reader, and bunch of different examples. held að það sé mikilvægt fyrir mig sem klippara að rekja sögu klipps frá byrjun og fá innsýn inní vinnubrögð fyrri tíma.

While I may have gotten a few glimpses of insight, I would have been asking the book to be something other than it is rather than hearing what it has to say.

Walter Murch Talks the Subtleties of Editing Systems, the Myth of Shot Length, and Visual Sensitivity". What Ansel Adams did for me in terms of photography, what Vincent Baker did for me in terms of game design, what Barry Hampe did for me in approaching documentary work, and what Robert McKee did for me in thinking about western stories, Walter Murch has done for m in film and editing.In the Blink of an Eye is celebrated editor Walter Murch’s vivid, multifaceted, thought-provoking essay of film editing. But not only are cuts a pragmatic tool for the filmmaker, they can actually enhance the experience - be a preferred tool of choice.