The Practical Guide to Documentary Editing

Techniques for TV and Film

Sam Billinge (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

234 Seiten

2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-29219-2 (ISBN)

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The Practical Guide to Documentary Editing sets out the techniques, the systems and the craft required to edit compelling professional documentary television and film. Working stage by stage through the postproduction process, author Sam Billinge explores project organization, assembling rushes, sequence editing, story structure, music and sound design, and the defining relationship between editor and director.

Written by a working documentary editor with over a decade’s worth of experience cutting films for major British and international broadcasters, The Practical Guide to Documentary Editing offers a unique introduction to the craft of documentary editing, and provides working and aspiring editors with the tools to master their craft in the innovative and fast-paced world of contemporary nonfiction television and film.

Sam Billinge, GBFTE is a documentary editor with more than a decade's worth of experience editing prime-time documentaries for British and international television.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Preface
The Power of Documentary
Who are Film Editors and What Do They Do?

Part 1: The Fundamentals

Storytelling 1.0
Editing 1.0
Setting Up the Edit
Preparing to View Rushes
Track Laying the Edit
Viewing Interviews
Viewing Actuality
Viewing B-roll

Part 2: Starting to Edit

Understanding the Task Ahead
Deciding What to Cut First
Appraising a New Scene
Structuring a New Scene
Ordering Interview Clips
Trimming Interviews
Working with Actuality
Working with Voiceover
Deciding Where Voiceover is Needed
Voiceover Writing Basics
Managing a Voiceover Record

Part 3: Picture Editing

Visual Storytelling
The Kuleshov Effect
Types of Picture Sequence
Types of Shot
Structuring a Picture Sequence
Sequencing Shots
A Practical Method for Building a Sequence
The Art of the Cut
What Makes a Good Cut?
What Shots Cut Well Together?
Judging Pacing and the Rhythm of Sequences
Enhancing the Visual Style of a Sequence
Working with Cutaways
Working with Stock Footage
Working with Still Images

Part 4: Using Sound

Working with Sound Design and Music
Understanding Sound
Working with Music
Why We Use Music in Filmmaking
Some Good Ways to Use Music
A Practical Method for Working with Music
Auditioning Music
Composed, Library or Commercial Music?
Working with a Composer
Working with Library Music
Working with Commercial Music

Part 5: Story Structure

Ordering and Connecting Scenes
Common Documentary Story Structures
The Three-Act Structure
The Episodic
The Parallel Narrative
Working with Shooting Scripts & Paper Edits
Choosing a Running Order
Scene Cards
Working to a Deadline
Making Improvements
Viewing a Film for the First Time
Working to a Final Duration
Reaching Picture Lock

The Cutting Room Relationship

Workflow Summary

Conclusion

Glossary

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	15.07.2017
Zusatzinfo	25 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	249 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Fotografieren / Filmen
ISBN-10	1-138-29219-2 / 1138292192
ISBN-13	978-1-138-29219-2 / 9781138292192
Zustand	Neuware