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The technique of film and video editing : history, theory, and practice / Ken Dancyger.

By: Dancyger, Ken [author.]Publisher: London : Routledge, 2018Edition: Sixth editionDescription: 512 pages : illustrations (black and white)Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: 43547ISBN: 9781138628403 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Motion pictures -- Editing | Video tapes -- Editing | Digital video -- Editing | PhotographyDDC classification: 777.55 DAN LOC classification: TR899 | .D26 2018Summary: This updated sixth edition of 'The Technique of Film and Video Editing' provides a detailed, precise look at the artistic and aesthetic principles and practices of editing for both picture and sound. Ken Dancyger puts into context the storytelling choices an editor will have to make against a background of theory, history and practice across a range of genres, including action, comedy, drama, documentary and experimental forms, featuring analysis of dozens of classic and contemporary films.
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This updated sixth edition of The Technique of Film and Video Editing provides a detailed, precise look at the artistic and aesthetic principles and practices of editing for both picture and sound. Ken Dancyger puts into context the storytelling choices an editor will have to make against a background of theory, history, and practice across a range of genres, including action, comedy, drama, documentary and experimental forms, featuring analysis of dozens of classic and contemporary films.

This new sixth edition includes new chapters on the influence of other media on the editing form, on the importance of surprise in editing, on the contributions of Robert Altman to the art of editing and on the experimental documentary. This edition also includes expanded coverage in technology, creative sound, point of view, and the long take. New case studies explore Whiplash (2014), Room (2015), Lincoln (2012), Tangerine (2015), The Beaches of Agnès (2008), American Sniper (2014), Son of Saul (2015), The Revenant (2015), and many more.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This updated sixth edition of 'The Technique of Film and Video Editing' provides a detailed, precise look at the artistic and aesthetic principles and practices of editing for both picture and sound. Ken Dancyger puts into context the storytelling choices an editor will have to make against a background of theory, history and practice across a range of genres, including action, comedy, drama, documentary and experimental forms, featuring analysis of dozens of classic and contemporary films.

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