In the Blink of an Eye

Chapter 15- Test screenings: Referred Pain

• Public pre-views are tricky things. You can learn a tremendous amount from them, but you have to be cautious about direct interpretations of what people have to say to you, particularly on those cards they fill out after the screening.
• Test screenings however are just a way o find out where you are.
• If you do previews and listen to what people have to say, that's the way to do it- after they have had a day to two to let the film sink in.
• Most people say they do not like a scene because they do not understand it, you need to let it sink in before you judge.

Chapter 16- Don't worry, its only a movie

• Film is like thought, It;s the closest to through process of any art.
• Blinking interrupts the apparent visual continuity of our perceptions, how we look at something blink and move on.

Chapter 17- Dragnet

• Dragnet system is a simple way to edit but it is a shallow simplicity that doesn't reflect the grammar of complex changed that go on all the time in even the most ordinary conversations.

Chapter 18- A Galaxy of Winking Dots

• When people are deeply in a film you'll notice that nobody coughs at certain moments, even though they have a cold.

Overall Conclusion of:

In the Blink of an Eye

I found this book very hard to get into, to be honest I found it rather boring and confusing, as one minute it would be talking seriously about something then the author would bring in their personal life and I just thought it was not easy to follow. I am glad I have taken the time to read it as it's opened my eyes a little in film editing.