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In this accessible and informative text, Michael R. Miller draws on his extensive experience working on award-winning films to help readers develop their "eye" for editing.
The book begins by emphasizing the need for editors to pay attention to the emotional and aesthetic tone of a project and scene, before it explores what makes great editing in a feature film. This includes editing approaches founded on deep appreciation for actors' performances and directors' philosophies, trimming or even deleting footage that weighs down the narrative, refining character point of view, the importance of opening scenes, the role of sound and much more. Throughout the text, Miller draws on insights from editors such as Paul Hirsch, ACE, Susan E. Morse, ACE, and Thelma Schoonmaker, ACE, to provide readers with a deep understanding of how and why "movies are made in the cutting room."
This is a perfect resource for intermediate and advanced editing students, as well as professional editors hoping to improve their craft and learn from the masters. Miller's emphasis on what editors feel while watching dailies, his focus on performance quality, his assertions that, paradoxically, a picture might be improved when a great scene, or even a considerable number of them are deleted - will be eye-opening for one and all.
Contents
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction: Why Editing Now Requires Formal Training
2 Choosing the Best Moment: What Moves You?
3 The Primacy of Performance: Authentic Acting Is the North Star
4 Editing as a Foundation of Rhythm and Pace: A New Beacon
5 Other Editing Concepts: Transitions, Parallel Construction, the Axis, Motivated Cuts, Intercutting, etc.: Pudovkin, Eisenstein and All the Usual Suspects
6 Character Point of View and How to Create It: Who's Telling This Story?
7 The Importance of Opening Scenes: And Why They're Assembled Toward the End of Post
8 The Many Roles of Music: Score, Source, "Scource" and Much, Much More
9 The Role of Sound: Developing the Editor's Ear
10 Editing as the Final Rewrite: The First Assembly is the First Draft
11 Breaking the Rules: That's What They're Made For... Until They Become the New Ones
12 Conclusion
Appendix: Suggested Film Clips to Supplement the Text
Index



