TY - BOOK TI - The editor's toolkit: A hands on guide to the craft of film and tv editing SN - 9781138903371 U1 - 777.55 PY - 2016/// CY - New York PB - Focal Press N1 - Foreword by Simon Ashcroft xiii Acknowledgements xiv Chapter 1. What Is This All About? 1 1.1 A Brief Introduction 2 1.2 Do You Really Want to Be an Editor? 2 1.3 Why You Might Just Listen to Me 4 1.4 My Background 5 1.5 How to Use This Book and Its Data 6 1.6 Let's Get Limbered Up—Material for the Exercises 6 1.7 How to Join This Happy Band 16 Chapter 2. Shots, Our Building Blocks 17 2.1 Shot Sizes 17 2.2 How the Shot Moves 23 2.3 What the Shot Does 24 2.4 Special Shots 31 Chapter 3. Joining Shots Together 33 3.1 The Mechanics 33 3.2 Joining Shots Together, the Don'ts 34 3.3 Key Points—Joining Shots Together, the Don'ts 41 3.4 Joining Shots Together, the Dos 42 3.5 Key Points—Joining Shots Together, the Dos 52 Chapter 4. Dealing with Dialogue 53 4.1 Fundamentals of Editing Speech 53 4.2 Rhythm of the Spoken Word 56 4.3 Editing Dialogue 58 4.4 Key Points—Dealing with Dialogue 60 Chapter 5. Creating Sequences 62 5.1 Pace and Timing 62 5.2 Eliminating Unnecessary Pauses 64 5.3 Continuity 66 5.4 Cutaways 69 5.5 Flow 72 5.6 Time Jumps 75 5.7 Editing without Dialogue 78 5.8 Key Points—Creating Sequences 79 Chapter 6. Scene Construction 00 6.1 Where to Start? 80 6.2 Scene Assembly Fundamentals 81 6.3 Key Points—Scene Construction 90 Chapter 7. Joining Scenes Together 92 7.1 Scene Transitions—A Look at the Range of Possibilities . . .92 7.2 Repeated Transitions—Cross-Cutting (or Parallel Action) .104 7.3 Key Points—Joining Scenes Together 105 Chapter 8. Different Programme Styles 107 8.1 Comedy Shows 107 8.2 Panel and Game Shows 110 8.3 Interviews and Chat Shows 112 8.^ Documentaries 113 8.5 Trailers and Promotions 115 8.6 Key Points—Different Programme Styles 116 Chapter 9. Sound Matters 119 9.1 Get the Room Right 119 9.2 Sound Levels 120 9.3 Sound Monitoring 122 9.6 Split Tracks 124 9.5 Wild Tracks 125 9.6 Sound Effects 126 9.7 Sound Mixing 128 9.8 Sub-Frame Editing 130 9.9 Sound Processing 130 9.10 More Specialised Sound Processing 133 9.11 Additional Dialogue Recording 134 9.12 Foley Sound Effects 135 9.13 Key Points—Sound Matters 136 Chapter 10. Music, Music, Music 137 10.1 An Introduction to Music in the Movies 137 10.2 A Brief History of Music in the Movies 138 10.3 Back to Practicalities 142 10.4 A Spoonful of Music Theory 143 10.5 Key Points—Music, Music, Music 147 Chapter 11. Scenes of Style 148 11.1 Flashbacks 148 11.2 Flashbacks—Examples 149 11.3 Dreams and Nightmares 150 11.4 Dream and Nightmare—Examples 152 11.5 Action Sequences 154 11.6 Action Sequence—Examples 155 11.7 Montage with and without Music 158 11.8 Montage—Examples 159 11.9 Reconstructions 162 11.10 Some Exercises for You to Try 164 Chapter 12. Video Manipulation 12.1 Motion Effects lyg 12.2 Keying 12.3 Types of Key—Luminance. Chroma. and Matte 174 12.4 Graphics 12.5 Multiple Images i0q 12.6 Multilayer Video Sticking Plaster 131 12.7 Colour Correction 133 12.8 Effects—Those You Should Carry with You 188 12.9 Key Points—Video Manipulation 189 Chapter 13. Editorial Responsibility 191 13.1 Editorial Responsibility-An Introduction ... "' ". '.191 13.2 Taste and Decency ^(^2 13.3 The Range of Compliance Categories 193 13.4 Other Compliance Issues 19^ 13.5 A Look at Copyright .,95 13.6 Key Points-Editorial Responsibility Chapter 14. Timescales ... 14.1 Past and Present U.2 An Editing Schedule for Still Open All Hours |20U|''' J98 14.3 An Editing Schedule for 1?ockn Ch/ps 120101 199 1 Oy Chapter 15. Projects—Crossing Tsand Dotting Is 202 15.1 Bin Management 202 15.2 Media Management 20A 15.3 Timeline Management 205 15.4 Your Assistant and You 207 15.5 Capturing Multicamera Material 207 15.6 Labelling Clips Sensibly 209 15.7 Keeping a Copy 209 15.8 Clock Information 209 15.9 Top and Tails: Leaders, Titles, and Clean Elements 210 15.10 Scripts 212 15.11 Panning and Scanning 214 15.12 Offline and Online 215 15.13 Tapeless 216 15.14 Key Points—Projects—Crossing Ts and Dotting Is 217 Chapter 16. The Final Days 219 16.1 Handover 219 16.2 Elements That Are Worth Keeping 220 Chapter 17. My Last Bits of Advice 222 17.1 The Day-to-Day Use of the Edit Suite 222 17.2 Is That All Right? 225 17.3 You're the Host 225 17.4 Attitude 225 17.5 CVs 226 Chapter 18. In Conclusion 227 Appendix 1. Loading the Exercise Media 229 Appendix 2. A List of the Exercises 233 Appendix 3. My CV 239 Appendix 4. Abbreviations 241 Index 243 ER -