Monday, 3 June 2013

The Rule of Six

Walter Murch

Is an american film editor and sound designer who come up with set of rules to follow when editing which are:

1. Emotion - How will this cut affect the audience emotionally at this particular moment in the film? 

2. Story - Does the edit move the story forward in a meaningful way? 

3. Rhythm - Is the cut at a point that makes rhythmic sense? 

4. Eye Trace - How does the cut affect the location and movement of the audience's focus in that particular film? 

5. Two Dimensional Place of Screen - Is the axis followed properly? 

6. Three Dimensional Space - Is the cut true to established physical and spacial relationships? 

These techniques are widely used across the video editing industry in movies and tv shows. Below is a video where Walter Murch elaborates on his six rules.


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