First Cut : Conversations with Film Editors / Gabriella Oldham; ed. by Gabriella Oldham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oldham, Gabriella, Author.

Contributor:

Oldham, Gabriella, Editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (440 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2012]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

First Cut offers an opportunity to learn what film editing really is, and to learn from the source. Gabriella Oldham's interviews with twenty-three award-winning film editors give a full picture of the complex art and craft of editing a film. Filled with animated anecdotes and detailed examples, and updated with a new preface, this book provides a comprehensive treatment of both documentary and feature film editing.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

1. Being an Editor

2. Becoming an Editor

3. Distilling the Documentary

4. Film as All the Arts

5. Flashback, Flashforward

6. The Essential Film

7. Telling Stories

8. Sparking Life, Shaping People

9. Touching the Heart

10. Maximizing the Moment

11. "Percussive" Editing

12. Keeping the Beat

13. Seeing the Invisible

14. Remaining Versatile

15. "Good Stuff" Never Changes

16. Subliminal Truths

17. The Inner Voice

18. Drawing the Emotional Line

19. The Supreme Collaboration

20. Diplomatic Takes

21. Creating a Legacy

22. "Locking" Up

Appendix: Awards and Nominations

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 09. Dez 2023)

ISBN:

0-520-95440-8

OCLC:

1414456736