Cutting Rhythms
“Karen’s insights about the flow of story, emotion, image and sound have helped me at all stages of filmmaking, from onscreen drafting to fine cutting.”
Genevieve Clay-Smith, multi-award winning Director
“A great resource! Karen’s out-of-the-box thinking about editing brings a new level of insight and articulation to describing what editors do and how we do it.”
Jason Ballantine, ASE
There are many books on the technical aspects of film and video editing. Much rarer are books on how editors think and make creative decisions.
Filled with timeless principles and thought-provoking examples from a variety of international films, the second edition of Karen Pearlman’s Cutting Rhythms offers an in-depth study of the film editor’s ...
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