"We’ve been going through my notes from my Editing 1 class that I took in Film School from Professor Gerstein. Today, I’ll share an extremely practical tip about eye-blinks. When someone’s eye blinks, the window to his soul is closed. It distances you from the person. Avoid closed eyes and lazy eyes on the cut. It has a subconscious effect on the viewer. Cutting on an eye blink is not wrong but it must only be used intentionally and carefully. I make it a habit to go back through my edit when I’m finished with a scene and skip from cut to cut checking the actors’ eyes for blinks. About a month ago, I went to see...