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Book cover image of Cut by Cut: Editing Your Film or Video by Gael Chandler

Authors: Gael Chandler
ISBN-13: 9780941188999, ISBN-10: 094118899X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wiese, Michael Productions
Date Published: December 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Gael Chandler

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.

Book Synopsis

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.

Table of Contents

Preface : the practical alchemy of editing
Introduction : stepping abroad and navigating the book
How to set up your project for postproduction
1Decision, decisions : get started on the right path through postproduction3
2Choosing your editing system25
How to prepare dailies for editing
3Organizing for editing : common cutting room practices51
4Preparing the digital cutting room for editing73
5Preparing the film cutting room for editing97
From first cut to final cut : how to approach the footage
6To cut or not to cut : where to cut and why127
7Editing challenges and process157
How to edit on a digital system or film
8Key editing techniques of the digital cutting room183
9Key editing techniques of the film cutting room208
Sound, music, and the mix
10Sound design and process228
11Editing and mixing sound and music249
Finishing
12Finishing on tape, disk, and the Web277
13Finishing on film310
How to find an editing job333

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