Contents

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1 Rhythmic Intuition

Intuitive Thinking

Movement and Intuition

Rhythm is Made of Movement

Noticing Movement as Rhythm

Feeling Movement’s Rhythmic Potential

Empathy with Movement: Experience, Body, and Brain

Being Rhythm and Thinking Rhythmically

Summary

CHAPTER 2 Editing as Choreography

Shifting the Discussion from Music to Movement

Pulse

Movement Phrases

Why Bother with Phrasing?

Phrasing Considerations

Summary

CHAPTER 3 Timing, Pacing, and Trajectory Phrasing

Timing

Pacing

Trajectory Phrasing

Summary

CHAPTER 4 Tension, Release, and Synchronization

Tension and Release

Synchronization

Case Study in Tension, Release, and Synchronization: Broadcast News

Summary

CHAPTER 5 Physical, Emotional, and Event Rhythms

Three Kinds of Movement

CHAPTER 6 Physical Rhythm

Rechoreographing

Physical Storytelling

Dancing Edits

Singing the Rhythm

Case Study: “Now” Scene from Thursday’s Fictions

Summary

CHAPTER 7 Emotional Rhythm

Prepare, Action, Rest

The Actor’s Actions

Beats

Case Study: The Hours

Summary

CHAPTER 8 Event Rhythm

First Scenes

Dramatic Questions

Structures as Event Patterns

Energy, Pace, and Timing

Creating Structure and Rhythm Simultaneously

Real Events v Fictional Events

Reintegrating Rhythms

Case Study: The Godfather

Case Study: Goodfellas

Summary

CHAPTER 9 Style

Thematic Montage

Continuity Cutting

Points along the Spectrum from Thematic Montage to Continuity Cutting

Collision

Linkage

Points along the Spectrum from Collision to Linkage

Style Case Studies

Contemporary Style: After the New Wave

Summary

CHAPTER 10 Devices

Parallel Action

Parallel Action Case Studies

Slow Motion

Slow Motion Case Studies

Fast Motion

Two Quick Fast Motion Case Studies

Mixed Motions and Speed Ramping

Summary

CHAPTER 11 Collaboration and The Vulcan Mind Meld

The Mind Meld

Decision Making

Responsive Creativity

Power and Hierarchy

CHAPTER 12 Editing Thinking and Onscreen Drafting

Editing Thinking

What is an Onscreen Draft?

Why Draft?

Rapid Prototyping

Embodied Decision Making

Case Study: Woman with an Editing Bench

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

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