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The technique of film editing. Written and compiled by Karel Reisz and Gavin Millar, with the guidance of the following committee appointed by the British Film Academy: Thorold Dickinson, chairman [and others] Introduced by Thorold Dickinson.

Title: The technique of film editing. Written and compiled by Karel Reisz and Gavin Millar, with the guidance of the following committee appointed by the British Film Academy: Thorold Dickinson, chairman [and others] Introduced by Thorold Dickinson.
Author: Reisz, Karel
Publication: New York, Hastings House [1968]

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411 p. illus., ports.; 23 cm.

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Communication arts books
The Library of communication techniques.

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Communication arts books.
The Library of communication techniques..

Subject

Motion pictures > Editing

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. 391-392.

Contents

I. The history of editing : 1. Editing and the silent film : The beginnings of film continuity ; Griffith: dramatic emphasis ; Pudovkin: Constructive editing ; Eisenstein: intellectual montage -- 2. Editing and the sound film : General ; Who edits a film? ; The order of shots ; Selection of camera set-ups: emphasis ; Timing ; Presentation: smoothness ; The contribution of editing ; Special styles of editing -- II. The practice of editing : 3. Action sequences -- 4. Dialogue sequences -- 5. Comedy sequences -- 6. Documentary reportage -- 7. Imaginative documentary -- 8. The documentary film of ideas -- 9. The documentary and the use of sound -- 10. Educational films -- 11. Newsreels -- 12. The compilation film -- III. Principles of editing : 13. Editing the picture : General ; Constructing a lucid continuity: smoothness ; Matching consecutive actions Extent of change in image size and angle ; Preserving a sense of direction ; Preserving a clear continuity ; Matching tone ; Making sound flow over a cut ; Timing ; Pace: rhythm ; Selection of shots -- 14. Sound editing : General ; Analysis of a sound track ; Sound and the editing of the picture -- IV. The fifties and sixties : 15. Introduction -- 16. Widescreen : General ; River of no return ; Andre Bazin ; Widescreen examples -- 17. Cinema verite and the documentary film of ideas : Cinema verite ; Chronolique d'un ete ; Le joli mai ; Hotel des invalides -- 18. Nouvelle vague : Camera style ; New wave -- 19. Personal cinema in the sixties : Francois Truffaut ; Jean-Luc Godard ; Alain Resnais ; Michelangelo Antonioni -- 20. Conclusion.

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483741
SCSB-10064516

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