Whether it’s a movie, a commercial, a short film, a music video–whatever–a good editing job is rhythmic.  It’s like a song or music.  There is a beat, a pattern, a repetition.  The cuts in a good edit match the rhythm of the music, or sets a rhythm of its own.

Interestingly, I’m starting to see more rhythmic commercials.  Take a look at the Mythbusters promo spot I posted last time.  Very amazing rhythm.  Then again today, I saw a VW Golf commercial.  It too had an amazing rhythm to it as well.  Check it out:

My family and I are huge fans of the Discovery Channel. Shows like Mythbusters, Dirty Jobs and Smash Labs are often tivoed ad nauseam. The other day while watching one of my Discovery shows, I saw a commercial that was simply a montage of some of the shows on Discovery. The rhythmic nature of the piece was quite amazing. The editing and sound design were sheer brilliance.

Check it out.

I always enjoy reading articles and news about small business. As a small business owner myself, any information on how to improve your small business is excellent news to read.

So, I was quite interested in reading Steve Pavlina’s “10 Stupid Mistakes Made by the Newly Self Employed”.

Wise information.

Fissure received a relatively positive movie review at Beyond Hollywood. The reviewer writes:

Even with its relatively few shortcomings, Fissure is still worth a look. It’s especially great fun to see how director Russ Pond has taken two distinct genres – sci-fi and crime – and melded them together in a unique way. In so doing, Pond has made unexpected fissures in our movie plot expectations, and mostly with great success.

If you get a chance, go read the full review.

The reviewer also spoils one of the key plot twist in the movie. So, if you haven’t seen Fissure, and you want to keep it a mystery, then you may want to wait.

Note: Interestingly, at the bottom of the review, there’s a picture of our poster and a link to buy the DVD. That’s cool, but our DVD isn’t out yet. So, don’t get all excited.