Grammar of the edit / Roy Thompson, Christopher J. Bowen.
Material type: TextPublisher: Amsterdam ; Boston : Focal Press/Elsevier, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Edition: Second editionDescription: xii, 212 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 024052120X
- 9780240521206
- 777.55 23
- TR899 .T49 2009
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Includes index.
I. Introduction -- II. What is Editing? -- III. What is an Edit? -- Transitions Between Shots -- A. What Types of Edits are there? -- 1. The Cut -- 2. The Dissolve -- 3. The Fadeiv. The Wipe -- IV. When to make the Cut? -- For reasons of: -- A. Motivation -- B. Information -- C. Composition -- D. Sound -- E. Camera Angle -- F. Continuity -- G. Pacing -- V. The Five Most Common Edit Categories -- A. The Action Edit (continuity) -- B. Screen Position Edit (screen direction, directing the eye) -- C. Form Edit (match cut or match dissolve) -- D. Concept Edit (use of symbolism /themes to underline action /meaning) -- E. Combined Edit (several categories combined in one transition) -- VI. The Editor's Challenge: How to Handle Difficult Footage -- A. Scenarios where Film Language and Shooting-For-Editing got mixed up during production and how the editor might save the day in post.
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