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| How does an film editor think and make decisions? Faced with hundreds of hours of raw footage, a film editor must craft the pieces into a coherent whole. Rhythm is a fundamental tool of the film editor; Cutting Rhythms: Shaping the Film Edit by Karen Pearlman. March 25, 2009 ---------------------------- This new book by Karen Pearlman is an easy to understand but "textbookish" guide to comprehending film and video editing. Target to editing neophytes, the book is not an technical exercise in how to use editing software or film cutting system - it is more a look at the philosophy of editing - of how to create the pacing and rhythm that characterizes good editing technique. Anyone can cut out bad shots and shaky video - but making a scene flow and dance, without appearing to obviously cut - is a magic art. This is what this book is all about. Mark Shapiro ---------------------------- Karen Pearlman is Head of Screen Studies at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, and a freelance film editor who cuts drama, documentary and experimental projects. She has edited many award-winning shorts, and is also co-founder of The Physical TV Company, which specializes in the creation of dance on screen. “A pioneering effort to capture lighting in a bottle. The most powerful aspect of the craft is also the toughest to explain. Pearlman's introduction of dance and movement theory is impressively leveraged for exploration and her cognitive-developmental approach is solidly grounded. No serious student of editing will come away from this book untouched.” -- Loren S. Miller, Instructor, Emerson College | There are many books on the technical aspects of film and video editing, e.g., how to use software packages like Final Cut Pro. Much rarer are books on how an editor thinks and makes decisions. Faced with hundreds of hours of raw footage, a film editor must craft the pieces into a coherent whole. Rhythm is a fundamental tool of the film editor; when a filmmaker adjusts the length of shots in relation to one another, he or she affects the entire pace, structure, and mood of the film. Until this book, rhythm was considered a matter of intuition; good editors should just "know" when to make a cut. |
Cutting Rhythms breaks down the issue of rhythm in an accessible way that allows filmmakers to apply the principles to their own work and increase their creativity. This book offers possibilities rather than prescriptions. It presents questions an editor or filmmaker can ask themselves about their work and a clear and useful vocabulary for working with those questions. Filled with timeless principles and thought-provoking examples from a variety of international films, this book is destined to become a staple in the filmmaker's library.
ISBN 13: 978-0-240-81014-0 PUB DATE: January US PRICE: $39.95 EUR PRICE: € 29.95 GBP PRICE: £ 19.99
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