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How Does an Editor Think and Feel?

This essay argues that editing is closer to music composition than most people assume, built on rhythm, tension and release rather than just trimming footage. A great primer on montage theory for beginners.

Every Frame a Painting · 6 min · Intermediate · THY · Film Theory · 2016

What you take away

Editing rhythm, not just content, is what shapes an audience's emotional response.

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