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

by Dancyger

• ISBN13: 9780240804200
• ISBN10: 0240804201
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-31
• Publisher: Elsevier Science

Summary

The Technique of Film & Video Editing is the best training for aspiring directors, providing a detailed, precise look at the artistic and aesthetic principles and practices of editing for both picture and sound. Analysis of photographs from dozens of classic and contemporary films and videos provide a sound basis for the professional filmmaker and student editor. Practical skills are grounded by an exposition of the ideas and styles of editing through which the director can understand the visual tools at his or her disposal. This book puts into context the storytelling choices an editor will have to make against a background of theory, history, and practice. The current edition brought this book to the cutting edge with such topics as new technology and its influence on the art of editing, MTV style, psychoanalytic ideas, and the appropriation of style over content. The new edition furthers these discussions by highlighting the "stylistic extremes" brought about by the clash of imitative style and innovative filmmaking. It continues the examination of MTV style via a study of the full spectrum of its uses in recent years. Additionally, it examines the editing characteristics of nonlinear storytelling as evidenced in such recent films as The Ice Storm and Thin Red Line. A new chapter addresses new trends in documentary. * Offers a deeper discussion of MTV style editing * Includes more on the appropriation of style * Examines innovations in documentary

Author Biography

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

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments for the Third Edition	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction to the Third Edition	xv
Introduction to the Second Edition	xvii
Introduction	xix
I HISTORY OF FILM EDITING	1	(260)
The Silent Period	3	(36)
The Early Sound Film	39	(14)
The Influence of the Documentary	53	(18)
The Influence of the Popular Arts	71	(10)
Editors Who Became Directors	81	(16)
Experiments in Editing: Alfred Hitchcock	97	(13)
New Technologies	110	(18)
International Advances	128	(20)
The Influence of Television and Theatre	148	(11)
New Challenges to Filmic Narrative Conventions	159	(25)
The MTV Influence on Editing I	184	(12)
The MTV Influence on Editing II	196	(18)
The Influence of Psychoanalytic Ideas on Editing	214	(14)
The Appropriation of Style I: Imitation and Innovation	228	(10)
The Appropriation of Style II: Limitation and Innovation	238	(23)
II EDITING FOR THE GENRE	261	(86)
Action	263	(13)
Dialogue	276	(13)
Comedy	289	(11)
Documentary	300	(16)
Imaginative Documentary	316	(8)
Innovations in Documentary	324	(14)
Ideas and Sound	338	(9)
III PRINCIPLES OF EDITING	347	(68)
The Picture Edit and Continuity	349	(12)
The Picture Edit and Pace	361	(10)
The Sound Edit and Clarity	371	(8)
The Sound Edit and Creative Sound	379	(9)
Nonlinear Editing and Digital Technology I	388	(9)
Nonlinear Editing and Digital Technology II	397	(16)
Conclusion	413	(2)
Appendix A: Cutting Room Procedures	415	(2)
Appendix B: Filmography	417	(14)
Glossary	431	(9)
Selected Bibliography	440	(3)
Index	443