The Practical Guide to Documentary Editing

The Practical Guide to Documentary Editing

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The Practical Guide to Documentary Editing by Sam Billinge

The Practical Guide to Documentary Editing sets out the techniques, the systems and the craft required to edit compelling professional documentary television and film. Working stage by stage through the postproduction process, author Sam Billinge explores project organization, assembling rushes, sequence editing, story structure, music and sound design, and the defining relationship between editor and director. Written by a working documentary editor with over a decade’s worth of experience cutting films for major British and international broadcasters, The Practical Guide to Documentary Editing offers a unique introduction to the craft of documentary editing, and provides working and aspiring editors with the tools to master their craft in the innovative and fast-paced world of contemporary nonfiction television and film.

"A brilliant introduction to the art of editingYou need process to create and method to find clarity. This book shares the secrets that allow ideas to flow and magic to happen. Documentary editing is the best job in the world. Sam Billinge's book helps you understand why."

—Sean Mackenzie, Two-time BAFTA TV Award-winning Editor; Arena (1975), Amish: A Secret Life (2012)

"This thorough and informative work written by Sam Billinge, an actual practitioner in the art form of which he writes, will be my go-to book recommendation for anyone interested in learning or expanding the craft of documentary editing. When I’m asked, 'How do I learn about documentary editing,' this is the book I will be recommending to people."

—Colin Goudie, GBFTE, Editor, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), Monsters (2010)

"If you’re looking to learn how to edit documentaries well, then Sam offers professional expertise and insight that will help you at every stage of the creative and collaborative process."

--Jonny Elwyn, freelance film editor and creator of jonnyelwyn.co.uk

Sam Billinge, GBFTE is a documentary editor with more than a decade's worth of experience editing prime-time documentaries for British and international television.

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ISBN 13 9781138292192
ISBN 10 1138292192
Titel The Practical Guide to Documentary Editing
Autor Sam Billinge
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Taylor & Francis Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr 2017-04-13
Seitenanzahl 234
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