Documentary Editing: Principles & Practice

ISBN-13: 9780367741303 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 270 str.

Jacob Bricca ACE

Opis

This book offers clear and detailed strategies for tackling every stage of the documentary editing process. Written by an award-winning documentary editor, this book presents a guide for how to turn seemingly shapeless footage into focused scenes, and how to craft a structure for a documentary of any length.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements  Introduction  Part I  1. Planning Your Schedule  2. Organizing Your Footage 3. Everyday Work Practices Part II  4. Viewing and Digesting  5. Making and Refining Select Reels  Part IIIa  6. Evidentiary Editing: Building Interview-Based Scenes  7. Verité Editing: Building Observational Scenes  8. Building Montages  Part IIIb  9. Choosing and Framing Footage  10. The Fundamentals of Narrative  11. Working with Narrative  12. Working with Details  13. Working with Time  Part IV  14. Feedback and Revision  15. Fine Cut to Final Cut and Beyond  Part V  16. Editing the Short Documentary  17. Analysis of Two Feature Documentaries  Appendix

O autorze

Jacob Bricca, ACE is an award-winning documentary editor, producer, director, and teacher. His editing credits include the international theatrical hit Lost in La Mancha, the New Yorker Films theatrical release Con Artist, the 2016 Sundance Special Jury Award winner The Bad Kids and the 2020 Critics Choice Documentary Awards nominee Missing in Brooks County. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Arizon's School of Theatre, Film and Television, where he teaches classes on editing and documentary filmmaking.