The editor's toolkit: A hands on guide to the craft of film and tv editing/ Wadsworth, Chris

Foreword by Simon Ashcroft xiii
Acknowledgements xiv
Chapter 1. What Is This All About? 1
1.1 A Brief Introduction 2
1.2 Do You Really Want to Be an Editor? 2
1.3 Why You Might Just Listen to Me 4
1.4 My Background 5
1.5 How to Use This Book and Its Data 6
1.6 Let's Get Limbered Up—Material for
the Exercises 6
1.7 How to Join This Happy Band 16
Chapter 2. Shots, Our Building Blocks 17
2.1 Shot Sizes 17
2.2 How the Shot Moves 23
2.3 What the Shot Does 24
2.4 Special Shots 31
Chapter 3. Joining Shots Together 33
3.1 The Mechanics 33
3.2 Joining Shots Together, the Don'ts 34
3.3 Key Points—Joining Shots Together, the Don'ts 41
3.4 Joining Shots Together, the Dos 42
3.5 Key Points—Joining Shots Together, the Dos 52
Chapter 4. Dealing with Dialogue 53
4.1 Fundamentals of Editing Speech 53
4.2 Rhythm of the Spoken Word 56
4.3 Editing Dialogue 58
4.4 Key Points—Dealing with Dialogue 60
Chapter 5. Creating Sequences 62
5.1 Pace and Timing 62
5.2 Eliminating Unnecessary Pauses 64
5.3 Continuity 66
5.4 Cutaways 69
5.5 Flow 72
5.6 Time Jumps 75
5.7 Editing without Dialogue 78
5.8 Key Points—Creating Sequences 79
Chapter 6. Scene Construction 00
6.1 Where to Start? 80
6.2 Scene Assembly Fundamentals 81
6.3 Key Points—Scene Construction 90
Chapter 7. Joining Scenes Together 92
7.1 Scene Transitions—A Look at the Range of Possibilities . . .92
7.2 Repeated Transitions—Cross-Cutting (or Parallel Action) .104
7.3 Key Points—Joining Scenes Together 105
Chapter 8. Different Programme Styles 107
8.1 Comedy Shows 107
8.2 Panel and Game Shows 110
8.3 Interviews and Chat Shows 112
8.^ Documentaries 113
8.5 Trailers and Promotions 115
8.6 Key Points—Different Programme Styles 116
Chapter 9. Sound Matters 119
9.1 Get the Room Right 119
9.2 Sound Levels 120
9.3 Sound Monitoring 122
9.6 Split Tracks 124
9.5 Wild Tracks 125
9.6 Sound Effects 126
9.7 Sound Mixing 128
9.8 Sub-Frame Editing 130
9.9 Sound Processing 130
9.10 More Specialised Sound Processing 133
9.11 Additional Dialogue Recording 134
9.12 Foley Sound Effects 135
9.13 Key Points—Sound Matters 136
Chapter 10. Music, Music, Music 137
10.1 An Introduction to Music in the Movies 137
10.2 A Brief History of Music in the Movies 138
10.3 Back to Practicalities 142
10.4 A Spoonful of Music Theory 143
10.5 Key Points—Music, Music, Music 147
Chapter 11. Scenes of Style 148
11.1 Flashbacks 148
11.2 Flashbacks—Examples 149
11.3 Dreams and Nightmares 150
11.4 Dream and Nightmare—Examples 152
11.5 Action Sequences 154
11.6 Action Sequence—Examples 155
11.7 Montage with and without Music 158
11.8 Montage—Examples 159
11.9 Reconstructions 162
11.10 Some Exercises for You to Try 164
Chapter 12. Video Manipulation
12.1 Motion Effects lyg
12.2 Keying
12.3 Types of Key—Luminance. Chroma.
and Matte 174
12.4 Graphics
12.5 Multiple Images i0q
12.6 Multilayer Video Sticking Plaster 131
12.7 Colour Correction 133
12.8 Effects—Those You Should Carry with You 188
12.9 Key Points—Video Manipulation 189
Chapter 13. Editorial Responsibility 191
13.1 Editorial Responsibility-An Introduction ... "' ". '.191
13.2 Taste and Decency ^(^2
13.3 The Range of Compliance Categories 193
13.4 Other Compliance Issues 19^
13.5 A Look at Copyright .,95
13.6 Key Points-Editorial Responsibility
Chapter 14. Timescales ...
14.1 Past and Present
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14.3 An Editing Schedule for 1?ockn Ch/ps 120101 199
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Chapter 15. Projects—Crossing Tsand
Dotting Is 202
15.1 Bin Management 202
15.2 Media Management 20A
15.3 Timeline Management 205
15.4 Your Assistant and You 207
15.5 Capturing Multicamera Material 207
15.6 Labelling Clips Sensibly 209
15.7 Keeping a Copy 209
15.8 Clock Information 209
15.9 Top and Tails: Leaders, Titles, and
Clean Elements 210
15.10 Scripts 212
15.11 Panning and Scanning 214
15.12 Offline and Online 215
15.13 Tapeless 216
15.14 Key Points—Projects—Crossing
Ts and Dotting Is 217
Chapter 16. The Final Days 219
16.1 Handover 219
16.2 Elements That Are Worth Keeping 220
Chapter 17. My Last Bits of Advice 222
17.1 The Day-to-Day Use of the Edit Suite 222
17.2 Is That All Right? 225
17.3 You're the Host 225
17.4 Attitude 225
17.5 CVs 226
Chapter 18. In Conclusion 227
Appendix 1. Loading the Exercise Media 229
Appendix 2. A List of the Exercises 233
Appendix 3. My CV 239
Appendix 4. Abbreviations 241
Index 243