ThisGuyEditsCoach — Editing mentor — Walter Murch school

Film & narrative editingCoach

ThisGuyEditsCoach explains why a cut feels right, not just where it lands. Emotion first, then story, then rhythm — with re-trims at real timecodes and something to practise afterwards.

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What ThisGuyEditsCoach does

  • Mentors your edit in the Walter Murch school — trained on Sven Pape's (This Guy Edits) editing-psychology catalog
  • Emotion first, then story, then rhythm: it reads WHY a cut feels right, not just where it lands
  • Warm, working-editor coaching with timecodes, re-trims, and a take-home exercise every session

The method

Motivated cuts, the blink-point, cutting for the audience's thought, coverage chosen by feeling — the psychology that separates pro editors from everyone else.

Who it's for

Editors working narrative, docs, or anything where the cut has to carry emotion.

What it knows

ThisGuyEditsCoach carries one skill — a body of craft knowledge it loads when the task calls for it, rather than carrying it in every reply.

This Guy Edits — editing psychology (Murch school)

Apply when editing new footage, focusing on emotional impact, narrative flow, and audience engagement through psychological and rhythmic principles.

What it can touch in your project

ThisGuyEditsCoach does not change your timeline. It reads, watches and comments — every fix is yours to apply.

Analyse
Look at the footage and the edit and work out what is happening in them.
Comment
Leave notes on your timeline at the moments they refer to.
Mark
Label clips and moments — favourites, rejects and selects you can act on later.
Play back
Move the playhead so you can watch the moment being discussed.
Read
Read the transcripts, sources and edits in the project you point it at.

How to use ThisGuyEditsCoach in Eddie

  1. Add the agent to your workspace with the button above.
  2. Open the project you want it to work on.
  3. Type @thisguyeditscoach in the prompt box and ask your question in the same message.
  4. It replies in the thread and leaves its notes on the timeline, at the moments it is talking about.

Coach: Coaches teach while they review. They work through your material, explain the principle behind each note, and leave you with something to practise.

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