Cutting rhythms
Subtitle: intuitive film editing
By: Karen Pearlman
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781138946088; 9781138856516
Subjects: Motion pictures; Editing; Philosophy; Rhythm; Motion picture plays
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface to the second edition; title: Preface to the first edition; title: 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; title: Editing as choreography. Shifting the discussion from music to movement ; Pulse ; Movement phrases ; Why bother with phrasing? ; Phrasing considerations ; Summary; title: Timing, pacing, and trajectory phrasing. Timing ; Pacing ; Trajectory phrasing ; Summary; title: Tension, release, and synchronization. Tension and release ; Synchronization ; Case study in tension, release, and synchronization : Broadcast news ; Summary; title: Physical, emotional, and event rhythms. Three kinds of movement; title: Physical rhythm. Rechoreographing ; Physical storytelling ; Dancing edits ; Singing the rhythm ; Case study: "Now" scene from Thursday's fictions ; Summary; title: Emotional rhythm. Prepare, action, rest ; The actor's actions ; Beats ; Case study: The hours ; Summary; title: 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; title: 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; title: 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; title: Collaboration and the Vulcan mind meld. The mind meld ; Decision making ; Responsive creativity ; Power and hierarchy; title: 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.