The Walter Murch Method

Hello followers,

I have been doing some research on Editor, Sound Designer, and Writer; Walter Murch. I have a picture of him hanging from my rear view mirror, he is that amazing.  He's acclaimed book In the Blink of an Eye, got me through college. When I think about the pacing of a scene I think about the pacing of his editing and the pacing of a few other editors. Which is one of the many ways I set up a scene and the story.
In a documentary I watch in college about editing he has many scenes of him editing Blue Mountain. In these scenes he is editing while standing up.  He's even claimed that editing is both "conducting, brain surgery and short-order cooking." This idea has always intrigued me and I think it about it contently, at work.  So, I have decided I'm going to start standing up at work after hours, for now. I'll keep you up with my progress. On, my upcoming editing and After Effects blog.

HERE COMES THE IMPORTANT INFORMATION!

Walter Murch as I found out recently is also a man who likes to lay down when he writes.  For he see's writing as a more relaxed process. Thus allowing him  to separate his editing mind from his creating mind.  So, today I will try writing while lying down. I will probably fall asleep with a pen in mouth. But, I will post the results later, tonight.

I will see you all when I'm done writing. 

Here's a link starring, R. L. Stine!

Coming Soon: 

Editing and After Effects blog and AMAZING ADVENTURES!!! Look for them, this week on your interwebs!

Cause it's a Tuesday

I haven't written anything real since Saturday. But, I have been a marathon editor and motion graphics marathon runner in the past 36 or so hours. I feel as though that is worth blogging about. But, that's it I worked nine hours yesterday to create a one minute ad. I powered though completely forgetting to eat lunch and al I know is people like it. I hope people buy the magazine or at least check out it's website because of my efforts. But, point being I'll make out my invoice and a week later I'll have a ass load of cash to that I can buy really nice craft beers with. But, I feel like I decided to writ tonight with another reason. And that reason is to talk about habits and such.

The concept of method acting has been around for sometime now. But, what about method writing? Every piece I write I find it important to drink and eat, what my character might drink and eat.  Take for instance Lionel was written with a bottle of cheap whiskey.  I'm not one of those writers that needs to be under the influence to write. But, I do need to be in the characters mindset. Although, I do not write in the first person that often, I feel the need to in my characters mind.

As I am writing this science fiction piece my bed has transformed from the bridge of the ship to the ships exterior. Because, not only do I write out scenes; I act them out. I live the characters I write. Which is why I only write on the weekends. Because, I can't be a space cadet at work. It just wouldn't fly. But, with the play I'm writing for my father's acting troupe back East, I've taken the roll of the audience. When one is pandering this is the best view one can take. I start thinking like these 50+ year olds and I start drinking what they would drink and eat what the would eat. This is when I begin to wonder if I'm losing track of the characters and if this is the right perspective to take while writing. 

So, that's where I am right now. I hope you have an opinion. Should, I stay in the perspective of the characters or should I switch it up for this play and be the audience? But, is being the audience the essence of pandering?'

Thank you.

-PV