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Art of Motion Picture Editing An Essential Guide to Methods, Principles, Processes, and Terminology

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ISBN-10: 1581158815

ISBN-13: 9781581158816

Edition: 2012

Authors: Vincent LoBrutto

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946

Vincent LoBrutto is an instructor of motion picture editing and film studies for the School of Visual Arts Department of Film, Video, and Animation. He has worked as a film editor for Fox and HBO and as a postproduction coordinator for the ABC television network. He is editor of and a contributing writer to CinemaEditor magazine. A special member of the American Cinema Editors (ACE), he also contributes to Cineaste and Film Quarterly. LoBrutto is the author of several books on lmmakers and lmmaking, including The Filmmaker's Guide to Production Design and The Art of Motion Picture Editing (Allworth Press). He lives in Mount Vernon, New York.

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Reading this Book
What Is Editing?
Toward a Definition of Editing as a Building Process
A Brief History of Motion Picture Editing
Intercutting
Montage
Film Editors
Music Videos
Theory and Schools of Editing
One-Shot Films
Tableau Structure
The Continuity System
Montage
German Expressionism
Documentary Filmmaking
The Language of Editing
ADR
Breaking Axis/Crossing The Line/360-Degree Rule
Composite Shot
Compression
Continuity
Coverage
Cutaway
Cut in/Cut Out
Dailies (Also Rushes)
Dialogue
Dissolve
Dubbing
Fade in/Fade out
First Cut
Flashback
Flashforward
Flash Cut (Also Shock Cut)
Freeze Frame
Insert
Intercutting (Also Crosscuttting)
Interscene Structure
Jump Cut
Match Cut
Montage
Narration
Nonlinear Editing
Nonlinear Storytelling
Off Screen
On Screen
Overlap
Over-the-Shoulder Shot
Parallel Storytelling (Also Crosscuttting)
Pick-Up Shot
Reaction Shots
Scene
Selected Takes
Sequence
Shock Cut
Shot/Reverse Shot
Shot Size
Split Screen
Synchronization
Take
Take Ratio
Text
Titles
Trim
Transitions (Formerly Called Opticals)
Two-Screen Editing
Vertigo Shot
Wipe
X
"Your Back is to the Camera"
Zoom Shot
The Editing Process
Dailies
Picking Selected Takes with the Director
First Cut
Director's Cut
New Opportunities for the Director's Cut
Editing Methods
Employing Multiple Cameras in Photographing a Movie
Matching
The Editing Crew, or the Magic Box and the Revolving Hat
The Hierarchy of the Crew
The Magic Box
After Picture Lock
Sound Editing
Automated Dialogue Replacement (Adr)
Representational and Nonrepresentational Sound
Sound Editors on Sound Editing
The Art of Film Editing
Rhythm
Pacing
Time and Space
Sequencing
Visual Storytelling
Performance
Zen in the Art of Motion Picture Editing
The in and Out Point
The Most Difficult Decision
Great Editors & Editing Relationships
Elevating the Editor
William Hornbeck
It's a Wonderful Life
A Place in the Sun
Dede Allen
Relationships With Directors
Editorial Achievements
Legacy
Director/Editor Long-Term Relationships
Director Ron Howard & Editors Dan Hanley & Mike Hill
Director Martin Scorsese & Editor Thelma Schoonmaker
Director Steven Spielberg & Editor Michael Kahn
Landmark Films in the Art of Motion Picture Editing
Breathless
The French Connection
Jacob's Ladder
Koyaanisqatsi
Powaqqatsi
Naqoyqatsi
Man With a Movie Camera
The Wild Bunch
MR. Arkadin Aka Confidential Report
Apocalypse Now
On the Waterfront
Easy Rider
King Kong
Psycho
Vertigo
Annie Hall
Shot by Shot
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
"The Big Chill" Sequence
"The News on the March" Sequence
"Alex is Attacked by the Shark" Sequence
"Johnny Rocco Addresses his Hostages" Sequence
"The Ditch-Digging" Sequence
The "Hot Lunch" Sequence
In the End, Editing Is Editing Is Editing
The Postproduction Set-Up
Monitors
Solutions
Sound
Significant Films for Further Study
Glossary
Bibliography
Index