Technique of Film and Video Editing - History, Theory, and Practice

Zusatztext "From D.W. Griffith to MTV! from silent movies to action films! Dancyger explores not only history! techniques! and the social aspects of film and video! but he also looks at how technology has affected film and video making and editing. This isn't a quick read but definitely worthwhile if you want to gain an understanding of what it takes to be an excellent director and editor.? -Theano Nikitas! Camcorder & ComputerVideoPraise for previous editions:"Ken's additions to his book show all of us who love and study the craft of editing! a real understanding of the importance and stimulating impact editing has in helping tell a story! create mood! and shape characters."--Sam Pollard! film editor! Girl 6! Clockers! Mo Better Blues "Dancyger's book is an excellent introduction to the art of manipulating moving pictures and sound for students! amateurs! hobbiests and professionals alike." - Videomaker "...a thoroughly "reader friendly" introduction and survey of proven editing techniques and how those techniques influence the editing process..." - The Bookwatch! Sept. 2006" Informationen zum Autor Ken Dancyger is the author of numerous books on screenwriting! editing! and production. He conducts screenwriting forums and workshops in North America! Europe! and Asia. A past chair of Undergraduate studies in the Department of Film and Television at NYU! he is currently Professor of Film and Television at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Zusammenfassung The Technique of Film and Video Editing provides a detailed! precise look at the artistic and aesthetic principles and practices of editing for both picture and sound. Because editing is about more than learning a specific software program! this book focuses on the fundamentals of editing as art. Analysis of photographs from dozens of classic and contemporary films and videos provide a sound basis for the professional filmmaker and student editor. This book puts into context the storytelling choices an editor will have to make against a background of theory! history! and practice. This edition includes brand new chapters covering the goals of editing! including editing for narrative clarity! subtext! aesthetics! and dramatic emphasis! all showing how to evoke specific audience responses. Some of the new films to be discussed include A History of Violence! Atonement! The Departed! Forgetting Sarah Marshall! MIchael Clayton! and more. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionSection I History of Film EditingChapter 1: The Silent PeriodChapter 2: The Early Sound FilmChapter 3: The Influence of the DocumentaryChapter 4: The Influence of the Popular ArtsChapter 5: Editors Who Became DirectorsChapter 6: Experiments in Editing: Alfred HitchcockChapter 7: New TechnologiesChapter 8: International AdvancesChapter 9: The Influence of Television and TheatreChapter 10: New Challenges to Filmic Narrative ConventionsChapter 11: The MTV Influence on Editing IChapter 12: The MTV Influence on Editing IIChapter 13: Changes in PaceChapter 14: the Appropriation of Style I: Imitation and InnovationChapter 15: The Appropriation of Style II: Limitation and InnovationChapter 16: The Appropriation of Style III: Digital RealitySection II: Goals of Editing (new)Chapter 17: Editing for Narrative Clarity (new)Chapter 18: Editing for Dramatic Emphasis (new)Chapter 19: Editing for Subtext (new)Chapter 20: Editing for Aesthetics (new)Section III: Editing for the Genre Chapter 21: Action Chapter 22: Dialogue Chapter 23: Comedy Chapter 24: DocumentaryChapter 25: Imaginative DocumentaryChapter 26: Innovations in Documentary I Chapter 27: Innovations in Documentary II Chapter 28: Ideas and Sound Section IV Principles of EditingChapter 29: The Picture Edit and Continuity Chapter 30: The Picture Edit and PaceChapter 31: The Sound Edit and Clarity Chapter 32: The Sound Edit and Creative Sound Chapter 33: ...

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• Authors: Dancyger, Ken Dancyger, Ken (Tisch School of the Arts Dancyger
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.09.2015
• EAN: 9781138127401
• ISBN: 978-1-138-12740-1
• No. of pages: 462
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV