The Rule of Six

Summarize each of the six when to make a cut.  Why do you think cutting on emotion and story is so much more important than the other four? 

    Emotion is the most important and is what you want the audience to feel. Story is focused on whether the edit moves the story in a meaningful way, and if ignored can cause boredom or confusion. Rhythm helps the flow and connection of shots in an edit and can help the audience ignore other issues. Eye trace is how the cut affects where the audience looks in a frame and guides them to know what to focus on. 2D plane of screen helps the audience maintain spacial continuity by keeping action along the 180° path of motion. 3D space is how the cut maintains the space and the spacial relations between things in the frame, also following the 180° rule.

    Cutting on emotion and story is so much more important than the other 4 because they are what have the biggest impact on the audience and keeps their attention to the screen. The emotion is the most important because it is what you're trying to make you audience feel by watching the film, it's how the audience is going to be moved or impacted by the movie. Cutting on story is also very important as it prevents confusion and boredom. These two things can kill a movie as it completely breaks the audience out of a story and can cause them to lose their attention on the film.