Description
Book SynopsisEditing and Montage in International Film and Video presents a theoretical and practical approach to the art of editing. In this book, Luís Fernando Morales Morante explores the international history, technology, theory, practical techniques, psychology, and cognitive effects of editing across a range of media from around the world, featuring case studies from film, dramatic television, news media, music videos, commercials, and mobile-delivered formats, from the films of Sergei Eisenstein to Michael Jackson's Thriller to coverage of the 2012 U.S. presidential elections. The book includes self-study exercises throughout to help readers put theory into practice.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. Editing and Montage: Definition and Scope of Practice
2. Development of Techniques and Theories
3. Spaces, Functions and Possibilities of Editing
4. Cuts, Transitions and Audiovisual Grammar
5. A Theoretical Model of Editing
6. Technological Beginnings and Evolution of Editing
7. Filming with Editing in Mind
8. Editing in Practice
9. Psychological and Perceptual Bases of Editing
10. Research on Editing and Its Effects
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