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34: Walter Murch, ACE Part Two

Art of the Frame

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The Shot Has a Life and You Need to Go to the Next Shot

I love this documentary I love the cut as Nima finishes erasing a chalkboard then there's a big slash on the board and that motivates the cut to the next. At the moment what you generally want to do is cut just before it overstays if somebody is moving towards a door and about to go through the door unless you're making the point of the the door itself you don't let them go through and then cut but you don't want to cut too soon either. It's kind of like the moment when a plane is taking off the moment where the wheels are up you know you run out of runway and you have to take off and say something else. The closest

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