Cutting Rhythms, 2nd Edition

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Title
3. Copyright
4. Contents
5. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
6. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
7. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
8. INTRODUCTION
9. CHAPTER 1 Rhythmic Intuition
   1. Intuitive Thinking
   2. Movement and Intuition
   3. Rhythm is Made of Movement
   4. Noticing Movement as Rhythm
   5. Feeling Movement’s Rhythmic Potential
   6. Empathy with Movement: Experience, Body, and Brain
   7. Being Rhythm and Thinking Rhythmically
   8. Summary
10. CHAPTER 2 Editing as Choreography
    1. Shifting the Discussion from Music to Movement
    2. Pulse
    3. Movement Phrases
    4. Why Bother with Phrasing?
    5. Phrasing Considerations
    6. Summary
11. CHAPTER 3 Timing, Pacing, and Trajectory Phrasing
    1. Timing
    2. Pacing
    3. Trajectory Phrasing
    4. Summary
12. CHAPTER 4 Tension, Release, and Synchronization
    1. Tension and Release
    2. Synchronization
    3. Case Study in Tension, Release, and Synchronization: Broadcast News
    4. Summary
13. CHAPTER 5 Physical, Emotional, and Event Rhythms
    1. Three Kinds of Movement
14. CHAPTER 6 Physical Rhythm
    1. Rechoreographing
    2. Physical Storytelling
    3. Dancing Edits
    4. Singing the Rhythm
    5. Case Study: “Now” Scene from Thursday’s Fictions
    6. Summary
15. CHAPTER 7 Emotional Rhythm
    1. Prepare, Action, Rest
    2. The Actor’s Actions
    3. Beats
    4. Case Study: The Hours
    5. Summary
16. CHAPTER 8 Event Rhythm
    1. First Scenes
    2. Dramatic Questions
    3. Structures as Event Patterns
    4. Energy, Pace, and Timing
    5. Creating Structure and Rhythm Simultaneously
    6. Real Events v Fictional Events
    7. Reintegrating Rhythms
    8. Case Study: The Godfather
    9. Case Study: Goodfellas
    10. Summary
17. CHAPTER 9 Style
    1. Thematic Montage
    2. Continuity Cutting
    3. Points along the Spectrum from Thematic Montage to Continuity Cutting
    4. Collision
    5. Linkage
    6. Points along the Spectrum from Collision to Linkage
    7. Style Case Studies
    8. Contemporary Style: After the New Wave
    9. Summary
18. CHAPTER 10 Devices
    1. Parallel Action
    2. Parallel Action Case Studies
    3. Slow Motion
    4. Slow Motion Case Studies
    5. Fast Motion
    6. Two Quick Fast Motion Case Studies
    7. Mixed Motions and Speed Ramping
    8. Summary
19. CHAPTER 11 Collaboration and The Vulcan Mind Meld
    1. The Mind Meld
    2. Decision Making
    3. Responsive Creativity
    4. Power and Hierarchy
20. CHAPTER 12 Editing Thinking and Onscreen Drafting
    1. Editing Thinking
    2. What is an Onscreen Draft?
    3. Why Draft?
    4. Rapid Prototyping
    5. Embodied Decision Making
    6. Case Study: Woman with an Editing Bench
21. BIBLIOGRAPHY
22. INDEX