Table of Contents
FRONT COVER
CUTTING RHYTHMS: SHAPING THE FILM EDIT
COPYRIGHT PAGE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 Rhythmic Intuition
Intuitive Thinking
Perceiving Rhythm
Actively Perceiving Rhythms
Perceiving Rhythm in the Rushes or Dailies
Mirroring Rhythm
Being Rhythm
Thinking Rhythmically
Endnotes
CHAPTER 2 Editing as Choreography
Shifting the Discussion from Music to Movement
Pulse
Movement Phrases
Phrasing Considerations
Endnotes
CHAPTER 3 Timing, Pacing, and Trajectory Phrasing
Timing
Pacing
Trajectory Phrasing
Endnotes
CHAPTER 4 Tension, Release, and Synchronization
Tension and Release
Synchronization
Case Study in Tension, Release, and Synchronization: Broadcast News
Endnotes
CHAPTER 5 Physical, Emotional, and Event Rhythms
Three Kinds of Movement
Endnotes
CHAPTER 6 Physical Rhythm
Rechoreographing
Physical Storytelling
Dancing Edits
Singing the Rhythm
Case Study: "Now" Scene from Thursday's Fictions
Endnotes
CHAPTER 7 Emotional Rhythm
Prepare, Action, Rest
The Actor's Actions
Beats
Case Study: The Hours
Endnotes
CHAPTER 8 Event Rhythm
Shaping the Rhythm of Events
Creating Structure and Rhythm Simultaneously
Reintegrating Rhythms
Case Study: The Godfather
Case Study: Goodfellas
Endnotes
CHAPTER 9 Style
Montage
Decoupage
Points along the Spectrum from Montage to Decoupage
Collision
Linkage
Points along the Spectrum from Collision to Linkage
Style Case Studies
Contemporary Style: After the New Wave
Conclusion
Endnotes
CHAPTER 10 Devices
Parallel Action
Parallel Action Case Studies
Slow Motion
Slow Motion Case Studies
Fast Motion
Two Quick Fast Motion Case Studies
Mixed Motions and Speed Ramping
Endnotes
CHAPTER 11 Common Scenes
Two-handers
Two-hander Case Studies
Summary—Two-handers
Chases
Chase Case Studies
Summary—Chases
Endnotes
CHAPTER 12 Conclusion
Endnotes
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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