"When I'm actually assembling a scene, I assemble……" — Walter Murch
"When I'm actually assembling a scene, I assemble it as a silent movie. Even if it's a dialog scene, I lip read what people are saying."
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17 Quotes by Walter Murch
Walter Murch has 17 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- By manipulating what you hear and how you hear it - and what other things you don't hear - you…
- Most of us are searching-consciously or unconsciously- for a degree of internal balance and harmony between ourselves and the outside…
- I think every age has a medium that talks to it more eloquently than the others. In the 19th century…
- This applies to many film jobs, not just editing: half the job is doing the job, and the other half…
- Looking at a first assembly is kind of like looking at an overgrown garden. You can't just wade in with…
- As I've gone through life, I've found that your chances for happiness are increased if you wind up doing something…
- As I've gone through life, I've found that your chances for happiness are increased if you wind up doing something…
- Every film is a puzzle really, from an editorial point of view.
- The Conversation' was the first film I edited on a flatbed machine - a KEM editing machine. I've been using…
- Every film is hard work, and a few lucky people do get Oscars for what they do, and it's recognition…
- The word processor is a better tool than a quill pen because you can do so much more with it,…
- Writing is a process of discovery of what you really do know. You can't limit yourself in advance to what…