Murch’s theory of assigning the human blink as emotional punctuation is a great editing technique to keep in the back of your mind as your deciding where to make a cut.
Walter Murch’s Book “In the Blink of an Eye”: http://amzn.to/20ujg6B
Here is a simple example of a scene in the current editing of the film “Flesh & Blood” where this concept is put to the test.
THIS GUY EDITS (TGE) is a youtube channel by film editor Sven Pape, an A.C.E. award nominee, whose credits include work for directors James Cameron, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and James Franco.
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For example TGE puts Walter Murch’s theory of “The Blink of an Eye” to the test. Another segment reveals editing tips on how to dramatically get into and out of scene. A future episode includes David Mamet’s philosophy on scene writing as it applies to editing.
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