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.
Acknowledgments
Introduction to the Sixth Edition
Section 1: History of Film Editing
1. The Silent Period
2. The Early Sound Film
3. The Influence of the Documentary
4. The Influence of the Popular Arts
5. The Influence of Other Media
6. Editors Who Became Directors
7. Experiments in Editing I: Alfred Hitchcock
8. Experiments in Editing II
9. New Techniques
10. International Advances
11. The Influence of Television and Theatre
12. New Challenges to Filmic Narrative Conventions
13. The MTV Influence on Editing I
14. The MTV Influence on Editing II
15. Changes of Pace
16. Appropriation of Style I
17. Appropriation of Style II
18. Appropriation of Style III
Section 2: Goals of Editing
19. Editing for Narrative Clarity
20. Editing for Dramatic Emphasis
21. Editing for Subtext
22. Editing for Aesthetics
Section 3: Editing for the Genre
23. Action
24. Dialog
25. Comedy
26. Editing for Surprise
27. Documentary
28. Imaginative Documentary
29. Innovations in Documentary I
30. Innovations in Documentary II
31. Innovations in Documentary III: The Experimental Documentary
Section 4: Principles of Editing
32. The Picture Edit and Continuity
33. The Picture Edit and Pace
34. Ideas and Sound
35. The Sound Edit and Clarity
36. The Sound Edit and Creative Sound
37. Innovations of Sound
38. Nonlinear Editing and Digital Technology I
39. Nonlinear Editing and Digital Technology II
40. Conclusion
Filmography
Glossary
Index
