Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Prescriptions for Success

The Film Doctor

Strong Medicine

The Editor

Principles of Filmic Medicine

Cardiology

Genetics

Anatomy

Psychiatry

Surgery

Instruments

Bedside Manner

2 Mastering the Art of Film Editing

Heart of the Matter

The Scalpel

Why Edit?

The Great Experiment of Dr. Kuleshov

Dynamic and Continuity Editing

The Rules

Match Action

Cut on Action

Let the Camera Settle Before Cutting

Create Visual Bridges

Don’t Cross the Line

Maintain Eyelines

Vary the Cuts

Cuts Should Be Motivated

Allow Clean Entrances and Exits

Pay Attention to Physical Continuity

Respect the Rule of Three

3 The Film Doctor Is In

The Profession

The Approach

What Is the Scene About?

Filling the Gaps

What Does the Audience Learn From This Scene?

Attention Deficit

Further Diagnosis

Wrestling With Material

When Poisons Are Medicines, Accidents Are Intentions

Gestation of the Cut

4 The Instruments

Linear and Nonlinear Editing Systems

In Praise of the Physical Body

An Editor’s Tools

Medieval Medicine: The Moviola

European Renaissance: The Flatbed

The Modern Revolution: Nonlinear

Early Electronic Systems

The Mouse That Roared

The Edit

The Frame Matters

One-Stop Shopping

You Must Remember This

5 Internal Medicine

Coverage

The Master Shot

The Establishing Shot

The Wide Shot

The Medium Shot

The Close-Up

The Over-the-Shoulder Shot

The 2-Shot

The Reverse Angle

The Insert Shot

From Chaos to Order

Finding Order

Story Order

Reducing Bloat

The Gap

Examinations

The Puzzle

Saved in the Editing Room

Shot List

6 Alternative Medicine

Nontraditional Treatments

The Match Cut

Continuity Errors

The Goodies

Off-Camera and Off-Track

7 A Brief History of the Practice

Sharp Objects

Tincture of Time

Tarantino and Time

Montage

The Jump Cut

“Look Out, Haskell, It’s Real”

MTV

8 Genre Editing Styles I

Expectations Posed by Genre

Conventions

Crossing Genres

The Ritual Object

Expectations

The Western Rides Into the Sunset

Science Fiction and Fantasy

Visual Effects

Computer-Generated Images

Compositing

Motion Capture

Visual Effects as Film Doctor

9 Genre Editing Styles II

The Comedy

Surf the Laughter

Sight Gags

Romantic Comedy

Family Matters

Action Adventure

Guideposts

Crank

Emphasizing an Action

10 Genre Editing Styles III

The Horror Film

Blood Suckers

The Thriller and Mystery

Family Films

The Documentary

Playing With Blocks

The Auteur Editor

Television and Genre

11 Surgery

What Goes and What Stays

Practical Considerations

Trimming for Health

The Lift

The Way of the Lift

Lift and Separate … or Not

12 Psychiatry of Character Disorders—Part I

Dialogue

Subtext

The Overlap

Exposition Infection

Show, Don’t Tell

New Territory

13 Psychiatry of Character Disorders—Part II

Performance

Tracking the Beats

Substitution

The Cutaway

Words Like Skin Tags

Improvisation

Bingeing

In Good Shape

14 Genetics

Story Problems Inherent in the Screenplay

Inherited Traits

Evolution

Romeo & Juliet

The Montage

A Telling Story

Information

15 Cardiac Unit

Pace and Rhythm: The Editor’s Unique Tools

Visual Music

Pick Up the Pace

The Power of Pace

Anticipation

Overstated

The Heart of the Matter

Rhythm Is Life

The Graduate

Finding the Flow

The Battleship Eisenstein

The Intercut

Scene-to-Scene Transitions

16 Rites of Passage

Transitions

Blacking Out

Shot Size

Contrast

Titles

The Flashback

Sound

The Pre-Lap

“Back to One”

Narration

17 Imaging

K vs. mm

From Taxidermy to Taxonomy

Less Painful Extractions

18 Audiology

Ambience

Microsurgery

Music Editing

19 Bedside Manner

Politics of the Editing Room

Bedside Manner

No Surprises

Screening the Rough Cut

The Best Policy

All Ears

Staying Seated

Dailies and Rough Cuts

The Answer Is Yes

The Poor Craftsman

What’s the Big Deal?

The Strength of Weak Ties

Committing to a Project

Film Doctoring

20 Triage

Emergency Procedures

Two Weeks

Symptoms

Audio Issues

Video Ills

21 Post-Mortem

From Final Cut to Exhibition

Made in Heaven

Affairs of the Heart

Reediting

The Free-for-All

The End Is Near

After the Hard Labor: Delivery

The End Backward

Glossary

Index

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