Unit 16 and Unit 2: Annotated Bibliography

When you are researching any sources in class make sure you complete this annotated bibliography. You must have evidence of using a book, magazine, website, film and television.

Type of Text Full Reference

Sections used [detail page numbers or

minutes]

Comment on relevance and purpose of the text and comment of how this was useful in contributing to your final written report.

Book/website/TV Murch, W. (2001) In the Blink of an Eye. 2nd Edition. Los Angeles, Silman-James Press. ISBN: 1-879505-62-2

Pg. 18, 43 and 63 This book was written by well renowned film editor, Walter Murch. The book is a transcription of a lecture he gave in 1990 about the development of editing conventions and techniques. His wealth of experience and vivid examples make the book highly relevant to my written report about the principles of editing. This book was particularly useful in helping me define the purpose of editing and what decisions an editor must make before a cut. I used the following quotes in my final essay,

Page 63, “…a shot presents us with an idea, or a sequence of ideas, and the cut is the ‘blink’ that separates and punctuates those ideas.”