Film Directing Tips, Film Making Articles and Online Resources for the Independent Filmmaker » walter murch http://filmdirectingtips.com Filmmaking Articles and Film Directing Advice from Film Director Peter D. Marshall Thu, 24 May 2012 12:52:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Walter Murch on digital filmmaking http://filmdirectingtips.com/archives/3094 http://filmdirectingtips.com/archives/3094#comments Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:40:50 +0000 Peter D. Marshall http://filmdirectingtips.com/?p=3094

Film editor Walter Murch has observed the potential for new screen based creative practice arising from the increasing accessibility of digital technology, stating that

‘The old editing technology was prohibitively expensive for everyone except professionals and the most dedicated amateurs filmmakers. Now the lid’s off…there are lots of other kinds of filmmaking possibilites opening up in the wide spectrum between home movies and feature films’.
Read this article from Shift Work.

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]]> http://filmdirectingtips.com/archives/3094/feed 0 Six Film Editing Guidelines from Walter Murch http://filmdirectingtips.com/archives/158 http://filmdirectingtips.com/archives/158#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:54:34 +0000 Peter D. Marshall http://filmdirectingtips.com/?p=158

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According to Walter Murch, (an Academy Award–winning film editor/sound mixer) when it comes to film editing, there are six main criteria for evaluating a cut or deciding where to cut.

Here they are in order of importance:

1. Emotion – Does the cut reflect what the editor believes the audience should be feeling at that moment?

2. Story – Does the cut advance the story?

3. Rhythm – Does the cut occur at a moment that is rhythmically interesting and ‘right’?

4. Eye-Trace – Does the cut pay respect to “the location and movement of the audience’s focus of interest within the frame?

5. Two-Dimensional Place of the Screen – Does the cut respect the 180 degree rule?

6. Three-Dimensional Space of Action – Is the cut true to the physical/spatial relationships within the narrative?

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