The Technique of Film and Video Editing : History, Theory, and Practice / by Ken Dancyger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dancyger, Ken, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Editing.

Motion pictures.

Video tapes--Editing.

Video tapes.

Digital video--Editing.

Digital video.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (511 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Sixth edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, [2018].

Summary:

This updated sixth edition of The Technique of Film and Video Editing provides a detailed, precise look at the artistic and aesthetic principles and practices of editing for both picture and sound. Ken Dancyger puts into context the storytelling choices an editor will have to make against a background of theory, history, and practice across a range of genres, including action, comedy, drama, documentary and experimental forms, featuring analysis of dozens of classic and contemporary films.This new sixth edition includes new chapters on the influence of other media on the editing form, on the importance of surprise in editing, on the contributions of Robert Altman to the art of editing and on the experimental documentary. This edition also includes expanded coverage in technology, creative sound, point of view, and the long take. New case studies explore Whiplash (2014), Room (2015), Lincoln (2012), Tangerine (2015), The Beaches of Agnès (2008), American Sniper (2014), Son of Saul (2015), The Revenant (2015), and many more.

Contents:

Introduction

Section 1. History of film editing. The silent period

The early sound film

The influence of the documentary

The influence of the popular arts

The influence of other arts

Editors who became directors

Experiments in editing : Alfred Hitchcock

Experiments in editing II : Robert Altman

New technologies

International advance

The influence of television and theatre

New challenges to filmic narrative conventions

The MTV influence on editing I

The MTV influence on editing II

Changes in pace

The appropriation of style I : imitation and innovation

The appropriation of style II : limitation and innovation

The appropriation of style III : digital reality

Section 2. Goals of editing. Editing for narrative clarity

Editing for dramatic emphasis

Editing for subtext

Editing for surprise

Editing for aesthetics

Section 3. Editing for the genre. Action

Dialog

Comedy

Documentary

Imaginative documentary

Innovation in documentary I

Innovations in documentary II

Innovation in documentary III : the experimental documentary

Section 4. Principles of editing. The picture edit and continuity

The picture edit and pace

Ideas and sound

The sound edit and clarity

The sound edit and creative sound

Innovations of sound

Nonlinear editing and digital technology I

Nonlinear editing and digital technology II

Conclusion

Notes:

"A Focal Press book"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-21069-X

1-351-81045-6

1-351-81044-8

9781315210698

OCLC:

1061275210