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The Practical Guide to Documentary Editing
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The Practical Guide to Documentary Editing

by Sam Billinge
April 2017
Beginner content levelBeginner
244 pages
5h 46m
English
Routledge

Overview

The Practical Guide to Documentary Editing sets out the techniques, the systems and the craft required to edit compelling professional documentary television and film. Working stage by stage through the postproduction process, author Sam Billinge explores project organization, assembling rushes, sequence editing, story structure, music and sound design, and the defining relationship between editor and director.

Written by a working documentary editor with over a decade’s worth of experience cutting films for major British and international broadcasters, The Practical Guide to Documentary Editing offers a unique introduction to the craft of documentary editing, and provides working and aspiring editors with the tools to master their craft in the innovative and fast-paced world of contemporary nonfiction television and film.

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781351870108