From the reading, one cut separates the “object of observation” from the technical condition that produces it, which would render the data meaningless. It should be two cuts that create a “gap”, and the object appears between two different sets of instruments. One cut as the “opening cut”, generates the situation/object of interest; one cut as the “closing cut”, where manifestation is measured.
My current idea for Person in Time is to interpret a person through their hands only by recording their hand movements, and specifically their ambidexterity, throughout the day performing different tasks and responding to different conditions. In this case, the recording of the hand-movement footage would be the
“opening cut”, while the deliberate interpretation of the hand-movement footage would be the “closing cut”.