The editor's toolkit a hands-on guide to the craft of film and TV editing - Wadsworth, Christopher (New York, NY Focal Press, 2016)
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 What Is This All About? -- 1.1.A Brief Introduction -- 1.2.Do You Really Want to Be an Editor? -- 1.3.Why You Might Just Listen to Me -- 1.4.My Background -- 1.5.How to Use This Book and Its Data -- 1.6.Let's Get Limbered Up -- Material for the Exercises -- 1.7.How to Join This Happy Band -- ch. 2 Shots, Our Building Blocks -- 2.1.Shot Sizes -- 2.2.How the Shot Moves -- 2.3.What the Shot Does -- 2.4.Special Shots -- ch. 3 Joining Shots Together -- 3.1.The Mechanics -- 3.2.Joining Shots Together, the Don'ts -- 3.3.Key Points -- Joining Shots Together, the Don'ts -- 3.4.Joining Shots Together, the Dos -- 3.5.Key Points -- Joining Shots Together, the Dos -- ch. 4 Dealing with Dialogue -- 4.1.Fundamentals of Editing Speech -- 4.2.Rhythm of the Spoken Word -- 4.3.Editing Dialogue -- 4.4.Key Points -- Dealing with Dialogue -- ch. 5 Creating Sequences -- 5.1.Pace and Timing -- 5.2.Eliminating Unnecessary Pauses -- 5.3.Continuity -- 5.4.Cutaways -- 5.5.Flow -- 5.6.Time Jumps -- 5.7.Editing without Dialogue -- 5.8.Key Points -- Creating Sequences -- ch. 6 Scene Construction -- 6.1.Where to Start? -- 6.2.Scene Assembly Fundamentals -- 6.3.Key Points -- Scene Construction -- ch. 7 Joining Scenes Together -- 7.1.Scene Transitions -- A Look at the Range of Possibilities -- 7.2.Repeated Transitions -- Cross-Cutting (or Parallel Action) -- 7.3.Key Points -- Joining Scenes Together -- ch. 8 Different Programme Styles -- 8.1.Comedy Shows -- 8.2.Panel and Game Shows -- 8.3.Interviews and Chat Shows -- 8.4.Documentaries -- 8.5.Trailers and Promotions -- 8.6.Key Points -- Different Programme Styles -- ch. 9 Sound Matters -- 9.1.Get the Room Right -- 9.2.Sound Levels -- 9.3.Sound Monitoring -- 9.4.Split Tracks -- 9.5.Wild Tracks -- 9.6.Sound Effects -- 9.7.Sound Mixing -- 9.8.Sub-Frame Editing -- 9.9.Sound Processing -- 9.10.More Specialised Sound Processing -- 9.11.Additional Dialogue Recording -- 9.12.Foley Sound Effects -- 9.13.Key Points -- Sound Matters -- ch. 10 Music, Music, Music -- 10.1.An Introduction to Music in the Movies -- 10.2.A Brief History of Music in the Movies -- 10.3.Back to Practicalities -- 10.4.A Spoonful of Music Theory -- 10.5.Key Points -- Music, Music, Music -- ch. 11 Scenes of Style -- 11.1.Flashbacks -- 11.2.Flashbacks -- Examples -- 11.3.Dreams and Nightmares -- 11.4.Dream and Nightmare -- Examples -- 11.5.Action Sequences -- 11.6.Action Sequence -- Examples -- 11.7.Montage with and without Music -- 11.8.Montage -- Examples -- 11.9.Reconstructions -- 11.10.Some Exercises for You to Try -- ch. 12 Video Manipulation -- 12.1.Motion Effects -- 12.2.Keying -- 12.3.Types of Key -- Luminance, Chroma, and Matte -- 12.4.Graphics -- 12.5.Multiple Images -- 12.6.Multilayer Video Sticking Plaster -- 12.7.Colour Correction -- 12.8.Effects -- Those You Should Carry with You -- 12.9.Key Points -- Video Manipulation -- ch. 13 Editorial Responsibility -- 13.1.Editorial Responsibility -- An Introduction -- 13.2.Taste and Decency -- 13.3.The Range of Compliance Categories -- 13.4.Other Compliance Issues -- 13.5.A Look at Copyright -- 13.6.Key Points -- Editorial Responsibility -- ch. 14 Timescales -- 14.1.Past and Present -- 14.2.An Editing Schedule for Still Open All Hours (2014) -- 14.3.An Editing Schedule for Rock n' Chips (2010) -- ch. 15 Projects -- Crossing Ts and Dotting Is -- 15.1.Bin Management -- 15.2.Media Management -- 15.3.Timeline Management -- 15.4.Your Assistant and You -- 15.5.Capturing Multicamera Material -- 15.6.Labelling Clips Sensibly -- 15.7.Keeping a Copy -- 15.8.Clock Information -- 15.9.Top and Tails: Leaders, Titles, and Clean Elements -- 15.10.Scripts -- 15.11.Panning and Scanning -- 15.12.Offline and Online -- 15.13.Tapeless -- 15.14.Key Points -- Projects -- Crossing Ts and Dotting Is -- ch. 16 The Final Days -- 16.1.Handover -- 16.2.Elements That Are Worth Keeping -- ch. 17 My Last Bits of Advice -- 17.1.The Day-to-Day Use of the Edit Suite -- 17.2.Is That All Right? -- 17.3.You're the Host -- 17.4.Attitude -- 17.5.CVs -- ch. 18 In Conclusion.
Includes index.
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Keywords: Motion pictures -- Editing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc