In the Blink of an Eye

Chapter 13- The Decisive Moment

• Taking photographs is useful- "with the director about what was shot and how it was shot- they resolve those lands of discussion very quickly".
• They keep "a record of some details beyond the ability of even the best continuity person: The particulars of an actor's hairline, or how rosy somebody's complexion was, or whether their hat left a mark on their forehead when they took it off- those kinds of things etc".
• "They are also a great resource for the publitcity department or anyone else coming on to the film at a later date. You can instantly see and cross-reference characters in all kinds of different emotional states, as well as the photography, the costumes, and the scenery".
• This process " sometimes you got sparks out of that, it would cause you to think about things, editorial leaps, that otherwise you might never have thought of without this system".
• "The editor's job now is to choose the right images and make those images follow one another at the right rate to express something like what is captured in that photograph".
• "Representative frame, what you're looking for is an image that distills the essence of the thousands of frames that make up the shot".