The third edition of
The Technique of Film & Video
Editing continues to offer aspiring directors a
detailed, precise look at the artistic and aesthetic
principles and practices of
editing for both picture and
sound.
A comprehensive history of editing is accomplished through
analyses of photographs from dozens of classic and
contemporary films and videos. Covering cutting edge topics
such as the
influence of new technology on the art of
editing, MTV
style, psychoanalytic ideas, and the
appropriation of style over content, the latest edition
takes these discussions further by highlighting the
"stylistic extremes" brought about by the clash of
imitative style and innovative filmmaking. It also
continues the examination of MTV style via a study of the
full spectrum of its uses in recent years, and it explores
the editing characteristics of nonlinear storytelling as
evidenced in such recent films as The Ice Storm and The
Thin Red Line. New trends in documentary and how they
affect editing are also covered in detail. Practical skills
are grounded by an exposition of the ideas and styles of
editing through which the director can understand the
visual tools at his or her disposal.
Putting into context the storytelling choices an editor
will have to make against a background of theory, history,
and practice, this important text provides the professional
filmmaker and student editor a solid background in the
theory and practice of successfully editing for film and
video.
ContentsI- History of Film Editing
- The Silent Period
- The Early Sound Film
- The Influence of the Documentary
- The Influence of the Popular Arts
- Editors Who Became Directors
- Experiments in Editing: Alfred Hitchcock
- New Technologies
- International Advances
- The Influence of Television and Theatre
- New Challenges to Filmic Narrative Conventions
- The MTV Influence on Editing I
- The MTV Influence on Editing II
- The Influence of Psychoanalytic Ideas on Editing
- The Appropriation of Style I: Imitation and
Innovation
- The Appropriation of Style II: Limitation and
Innovation
II- Editing for the Genre
- Action
- Dialogue
- Comedy
- Documentary
- Imaginative Documentary
- Innovations in Documentary
- Ideas and Sound
III- Principles of Editing
- The Picture Edit and Continuity
- The Picture Edit and Pace
- The Sound Edit and Clarity
- The Sound Edit and Creative Sound
- Nonlinear Editing and Digital Technology I
- Nonlinear Editing and Digital Technology II