I’ve been thinking about the metaphor of cuts in a movie being metaphoric extensions of the human heartbeat.  It made me think about all kinds of things.  For example, what would a heart murmur look like in a scene?  My understanding of a heart murmur is that it is an extra sound that is not supposed to be there.  They’re graded on a scale of 1-6, with 1 requiring no intervention or medicine.  Anything that’s rated 4 or higher requires some kind of pharmaceutical.  I know cause my poor kitty had a grade 4 heart murmur as well as a myriad of other cardiac issues.  In any event, would it be entirely too ridiculous to apply this same line of thought to movies?  I would like to watch the movie again in hopes of supporting my theory. 

As an aside, I now feel that I have to pay attention to things like cuts, heartbeats, shot lenghts and lighting when watching a film.  Before, I would have just watched a movie to be entertained.  Yes, I’m complaining a little bit.  Not in a bad way though.  But now I have to take a closer look.  I guess that’s a good thing.  I have a question for the class; Does anyone feel overwhelmed when watching a movie? (looking for all the cuts, lighting techniques, etc…)