Authors: Gael Chandler
ISBN-13: 9780941188999, ISBN-10: 094118899X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wiese, Michael Productions
Date Published: December 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Chandler has been nominated twice for a Cable Emmy for comedy editing. Gael has edited every type of genre on every medium: film, tape, and digital; and has trained hundreds of professionals and students to put their best cut forward. She has written a handful of feature screenplays, one of which won the Scriptwriters Networks' Producers Outreach Program contest. Her first book was Cut by Cut: How to Edit Your Film or Video. Additionally, she has created numerous online courses on a variety of subjects, including editing.
Learn how skilled editors can turn raw footage into polished art for film, television, or web. With practical project guidelines and advice on organizing digital and film cutting rooms, and much more.
Preface : the practical alchemy of editing | ||
Introduction : stepping abroad and navigating the book | ||
How to set up your project for postproduction | ||
1 | Decision, decisions : get started on the right path through postproduction | 3 |
2 | Choosing your editing system | 25 |
How to prepare dailies for editing | ||
3 | Organizing for editing : common cutting room practices | 51 |
4 | Preparing the digital cutting room for editing | 73 |
5 | Preparing the film cutting room for editing | 97 |
From first cut to final cut : how to approach the footage | ||
6 | To cut or not to cut : where to cut and why | 127 |
7 | Editing challenges and process | 157 |
How to edit on a digital system or film | ||
8 | Key editing techniques of the digital cutting room | 183 |
9 | Key editing techniques of the film cutting room | 208 |
Sound, music, and the mix | ||
10 | Sound design and process | 228 |
11 | Editing and mixing sound and music | 249 |
Finishing | ||
12 | Finishing on tape, disk, and the Web | 277 |
13 | Finishing on film | 310 |
How to find an editing job | 333 |