Omission

During the edit several shots and sequences were omitted that ultimately made the discourse flow much more naturally. One such scene was some extended exposition during the dialogue-heavy first encounter, as the magician swigs from an absinth bottle and tells the salesman that only a small percentage of reality is perceivable to the naked eye. We liked the shot and performance, especially the eye placement on the bottle, but ultimately i didn't add a lot to the scene and dragged it out. The absinth itself was a remnant of an earlier script where it served as the addictive source of the magician's abilities. There were also some continuity issues in this scene with regards to character position in shots and the removal of this helped to smooth them out.