The invisible cut : how editors make movie magic / Bobbie O'Steen.

By:

O'Steen, Bobbie, 1952-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: Spanish Publication details: Studio City, CA : Michael Wiese Productions, c2009.Description: x, 351 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:

9781932907537
193290753X

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

778.535 22

LOC classification:

TR 899 O999i 2009

Online resources:

Table of contents only

Contents:

Introduction : The seductive magician -- Setting the stage -- Pulling off the act -- Mastering the magic -- Making the invisible cut -- Cheating time -- Cheating moves -- Knowing the eye -- Knowing the camera -- The sound and music -- The act comes together -- The marriage of the editor and director -- A history of making rules and breaking them -- Analyzing scenes and their frame grabs -- Making magic -- Contact sheets of frame grabs -- Glossary -- About the author.

Summary: This definitive book about film editing pulls back the curtain and shows us how the mysterious art of editing is actually done. Using examples from the best editors in the world, author O'Steen explains to us what the editor really does to make us believe in movie magic. By analyzing the "out" and "in" frames of the actual cuts from classic masterpieces -- The Graduate, Chinatown, Rear Window, The French Connection, Twelve Angry Men, The Big Chill, Body Heat, A Hard Day's Night, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid -- O'Steen reveals how an editor manipulates us by using sleight of hand and seduces us by anticipating our needs and desires. Only then can the editor create those invisible cuts that grab us by the seat of our pants and keep us there. - Publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	TR 899 O999i 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000074549

Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-349).

Introduction : The seductive magician -- Setting the stage --
Pulling off the act -- Mastering the magic -- Making the invisible cut -- Cheating time -- Cheating moves -- Knowing the eye --
Knowing the camera -- The sound and music -- The act comes together -- The marriage of the editor and director -- A history of making rules and breaking them -- Analyzing scenes and their frame grabs -- Making magic -- Contact sheets of frame grabs -- Glossary -- About the author.

This definitive book about film editing pulls back the curtain and shows us how the mysterious art of editing is actually done. Using examples from the best editors in the world, author O'Steen explains to us what the editor really does to make us believe in movie magic. By analyzing the "out" and "in" frames of the actual cuts from classic masterpieces -- The Graduate, Chinatown, Rear Window, The French Connection, Twelve Angry Men, The Big Chill, Body Heat, A Hard Day's Night, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid -- O'Steen reveals how an editor manipulates us by using sleight of hand and seduces us by anticipating our needs and desires. Only then can the editor create those invisible cuts that grab us by the seat of our pants and keep us there. - Publisher.

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