Start a conversation with someone & watch when they blink. Murch believes that the listener will blink at the precise moment s/he 'gets' the idea. What we have to say is often put in-between an introduction & a conclusion. The blink will take place when the listener realises the 'introduction', and that we are going to say something important; or, it will happen when s/he feels we are 'winding down' and not saying anything important for the time being.
How does this relate to film?
-That blink will occur where a cut could have happened if the conversation was filmed
-We entertain an idea, or a sequence of ideas and blink to separate and punctuate that idea from what follows. In film, a shot shows an idea, or a sequence of ideas, and the cut is the blink that separates these ideas
-The moment you cut, you are saying "I am going to bring this idea to an end and start something new"
-This is why an edited film is a surprisingly familiar experience
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