Overview

First Cut 2: More Conversations with Film Editors presents a new collection of twelve interviews with award-winning film editors who discuss the art and craft of editing in the twenty-first century. As a follow-up to the successful First Cut: Conversations with Film Editors (now celebrating its 20th anniversary), this new volume explores the transition of editing from the age of celluloid to the digital age. These extraordinarily articulate editors share their passion about film, offer detailed practical examples from their films to explain their process as well as their challenges, and imbue each interview with unique personality, humor, and cinematic insights. First Cut 2 continues the tradition of the first volume by interviewing both fiction and documentary editors, contributing to a rich, holistic appreciation of editing. It also introduces a significant interview with an independent filmmaker/editor to emphasize today's multiple opportunities for aspiring filmmakers to make their own ""small films"" and achieve success. Together with the first volume, First Cut 2 offers a panoramic survey of film editing and preserves its history through the voices of its practitioners. The stories told will engage students, inform general filmgoers, and even enlighten industry professionals.

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Author:   Gabriella Oldham
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780520273511

ISBN 10:   0520273516
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   01 August 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  Adult education ,  General ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Keeping Beats Mark Livolsi 2. Pushing the Envelope Angelo Corrao 3. Cutting from the Gut Julie Monroe 4. Sensing Psychology Jonathan Oppenheim 5. Capturing the Feeling Lucia Zucchetti 6. Speaking Cinema Joe Bini 7. Editing the Self Alan Berliner 8. Pointing to the Middle Emma E. Hickox 9. Honoring Lives Kate Amend 10. Weighing the Gold Richard Chew 11. Making it Work Victor Livingston 12. Striking the Balance Michael Tronick Bibliography Index

Reviews

The real accomplishment of Oldham's book is her concentration on the psychology of editors rather than just their technical ingenuity ... Let's hope a third volume of this illuminating series will follow. -- Kevin Lewis Editors Guild Mag

The real accomplishment of Oldham's book is her concentration on the psychology of editors rather than just their technical ingenuity ... Let's hope a third volume of this illuminating series will follow. --Editors Guild Mag

Author Information

Gabriella Oldham is a freelance writer. Her books include First Cut: Conversations with Film Editors (UC Press), and Keaton's Silent Shorts.

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