First Cut: Conversations with Film Editors

First Cut: Conversations with Film Editors
by Gabriella Oldham

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Author: Gabriella Oldham
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1995-11-01
ISBN: 0520075889
Number of pages: 417
Publisher: University of California Press

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Book Review: Insightful book on editing
Summary: 4 Stars

Gabriella Oldham has collected a wide variety of editors from a wide variety of backgrounds to ask about editing.

A really useful book on the various approaches people have on editing and what their working methods are. Comphrehensive interviews from people who have worked on films such as Ben Hur to documentaries. Those who enjoyed this book should also have a look at Vincent LaBrutto's 'Film Editing'.

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Summary of First Cut: Conversations with Film Editors

First Cut offers an opportunity to learn what film editing really is, and to learn from the source. Gabriella Oldham's interviews with twenty-three award-winning film editors give a full picture of the complex art and craft of editing a film. Filled with animated anecdotes and detailed examples, this is the first book to provide a comprehensive treatment of both documentary and feature film editing.

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