First Cut
Subtitle: Conversations with Film Editors
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: November 1, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 417
ISBN-13: 9780520075887
Subjects: Special kinds of photography; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Cinematography; Performing Arts; Cinema/Film: Book; Performing Arts/Dance; Film & Video - Cinematography; Performing Arts / General; Editing; Film & Video - General; General; Media Studies; Motion picture editors; Motion pictures
First sentence: From his early days of racing through the TV newsroom with "top story" under his arm, to pioneering the KEM flatbed editing system with colleague Donn Cambern, to branching out into producing, Sheldon Kahn never shies from challenges: "As long as I can continually try new and different things, it's fresh every time I come to work."