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Authors: Walter Murch, Francis Ford Coppola
ISBN-13: 9781879505629, ISBN-10: 1879505622
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Silman-James Pr
Date Published: August 2001
Edition: REVISED
Comprises a revised second edition of film editor Walter Murch's thought-provoking essay on the art and process of film editing. Originally published in 1992, revisions take new technologies such as digital editing into account.
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Foreword | ||
Preface | ||
Cuts and Shadow Cuts | 1 | |
Why Do Cuts Work? | 5 | |
"Cut Out the Bad Bits" | 10 | |
Most with the Least | 15 | |
The Rule of Six | 17 | |
Misdirection | 21 | |
Seeing Around the Edge of the Frame | 23 | |
Dreaming in Pairs | 26 | |
Team Work: Multiple Editors | 29 | |
The Decisive Moment | 32 | |
Methods and Machines: Marble and Clay | 43 | |
Test Screenings: Referred Pain | 52 | |
Don't Worry, It's Only a Movie | 57 | |
Dragnet | 64 | |
A Galaxy of Winking Dots | 70 | |
Afterword: Non-Linear Digital Editing: The Unbearable Lightness | 73 |