Focal Press Publishes an Enhanced Version of the Seminal Text on Film Editing

 Technique of Film Editing, Reissue of 2nd Edition

(BOSTON, MA,  November, 2009)  Focal Press, a division of Elsevier, is pleased to announce the publication of Technique of Film Editing, Reissue of 2nd Edition.

by Karel Reisz and Gavin Millar - Karel Reisz was a significant fillmmaker in post-war Britain, deceased in 2002.  Film credits include The French Lieutenant's Woman, Isadora, Everybody Wins, The Gambler, and Who'll Stop the Rain.

Gavin Millar is a Scottish film director. His credits include The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Ella and the Mothers, The Russian Soldier, and Dreamchild.

Technique of Film Editing, Reissue of 2nd Edition is an enhanced version of the seminal text on editing. This version includes a new foreword, a new afterword, a revamped cover and layout, as well as a lower price!

This book is the single most comprehensive and engaging volume on film editing. Reisz and Millar introduce readers to every aspect of the editor’s craft, providing a concise history of editing and describing editing style as it applies to every genre of moviemaking, including many types of narrative and documentary films. The particular demands of wide-screen filmmaking, cinema verite, and the avant-garde are also covered.

Reisz and Millar’s account of the differences between smooth and abrupt editing and their remarkable sense of editing for dramatic effect rather than for realism make this book essential for apprentice editors, as well as those who want to know how filmmakers understand their work.