Cut by Cut: Editing Your Film or Video

by Gael Chandler

Overview

Learn how skilled editors can turn raw footage into polished art for film, television, or web. With practical project guidelines and advice on organizing digital and film cutting rooms, and much more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781615930104
Publisher:	Wiese, Michael Productions
Publication date:	12/25/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	450
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Chandler has been nominated twice for a Cable Emmy for comedy editing. Gael has edited every type of genre on every medium: film, tape, and digital; and has trained hundreds of professionals and students to put their best cut forward. She has written a handful of feature screenplays, one of which won the Scriptwriters Networks' Producers Outreach Program contest. Her first book was Cut by Cut: How to Edit Your Film or Video. Additionally, she has created numerous online courses on a variety of subjects, including editing.

Table of Contents

	List of Tables	ix
	Foreword	x
	Preface: The Practical Alchemy of Editing	xii
	Acknowledgments	xiii
	Permissions	xiv
	Introduction: Stepping Aboard and Navigating the Book	xv
Stage I	Setting up and Organizing
	Introduction	1
Part 1	How to Set up Your Project for Postproduction
	Introduction	2
1	Decisions, Decisions: Get Started on the Right Path through Postproduction	3
Appendix A	Project Checklist	22
Appendix B	Picture Flowchart	23
2	Choosing Your Editing System	25
Part 2	How to Prepare Dailies for Editing
	Introduction	50
3	Organizing for Editing: Common Cutting Room Practices	51
4	Preparing the Digital Cutting Room for Editing	73
5	Preparing the Film Cutting Room for Editing	97
Appendix C	Show Schedule Form	119
Appendix D	Tape Log Form	120
Appendix E	Film Footage Conversion Chart	121
Appendix F	Stage One: Budget Form for Dailies	122
Stage II	Editing Practices and Procedures
	Introduction	125
Part 1	From First Cut to Final Cut: How to Approach the Footage
	Introduction	126
6	To Cut or Not to Cut: Where to Cut and Why	127
7	Editing Challenges and Process	157
Appendix G	Tape Show Continuity Form	180
Appendix H	Film Show Continuity Form	181
Part 2	How to Edit on a Digital System or Film
	Introduction	182
8	Key Editing Techniques of the Digital Cutting Room	183
9	Key Editing Techniques of the Film Cutting Room	208
Appendix I	Stage Two: Budget Form for Editing	225
Stage III	Completing Your Project
	Introduction	227
Part 1	Sound, Music, and the Mix
	Introduction	228
10	Sound Design and Process	229
11	Editing and Mixing Sound and Music	249
Appendix J	Create your own Sound Flowchart	271
Appendix K	Create Your Own Music Flowchart	272
Appendix L	ADR Cue Sheet	273
Appendix M	Stage Three: Budget Form for Sound, Music, and the Mix	274
Part 2	Finishing
	Introduction	276
12	Finishing on Tape, Disk, and the Web	277
13	Finishing on Film	310
	Afterword	330
Appendix N	Stage Three: Budget Form for Finishing	331
	How to Find an Editing Job	333
	Resources	338
	Glossary	346
	Bibliography	364
	Index	367