
First Cut 2
More Conversations with Film Editors
Gabriella Oldham(Author)
University of California Press
1st Edition
Published on 1. August 2012
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-520-27350-4 (ISBN)
Description
"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.
The stories told will engage students, inform general filmgoers, and even enlighten industry professionals.
Reviews / Votes
"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 MagMore details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
Adult education
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
544 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-27350-4 (9780520273504)
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Person
Gabriella Oldham is a freelance writer. Her books include First Cut: Conversations with Film Editors (UC Press), and Keaton's Silent Shorts.
Content
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