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This book offers clear and detailed strategies for tackling every stage of the documentary editing process. Written by an award-winning documentary editor, this book presents a guide for how to turn seemingly shapeless footage into focused scenes, and how to craft a structure for a documentary of any length.
List of contents
Acknowledgements Introduction
Part I 1. Planning Your Schedule 2. Organizing Your Footage 3. Everyday Work Practices
Part II 4. Viewing and Digesting 5. Making and Refining Select Reels
Part IIIa 6. Evidentiary Editing: Building Interview-Based Scenes 7. Verité Editing: Building Observational Scenes 8. Building Montages
Part IIIb 9. Choosing and Framing Footage 10. The Fundamentals of Narrative 11. Working with Narrative 12. Working with Details 13. Working with Time
Part IV 14. Feedback and Revision 15. Fine Cut to Final Cut and Beyond
Part V 16. Editing the Short Documentary 17. Analysis of Two Feature Documentaries Appendix
About the author
Jacob Bricca, ACE is an award-winning documentary editor, producer, director, and teacher. His editing credits include the international theatrical hit
Lost in La Mancha, the New Yorker Films theatrical release
Con Artist, the 2016 Sundance Special Jury Award winner
The Bad Kids and the 2020 Critics Choice Documentary Awards nominee
Missing in Brooks County. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Arizon's School of Theatre, Film and Television, where he teaches classes on editing and documentary filmmaking.
Summary
This book offers clear and detailed strategies for tackling every stage of the documentary editing process. Written by an award-winning documentary editor, this book presents a guide for how to turn seemingly shapeless footage into focused scenes, and how to craft a structure for a documentary of any length.
