Film Editing: Emotion, Performance and Story

Film editing is a crucial part of the filmmaking process, involving the arrangement of visual and aural material to stimulate the participation of the cinema and television viewer. Three interrelated aspects, emotion, performance, and story, influence this decision-making. Film Editing: Emotion, Performance, Story explores why certain editorial decisions can encourage the emotional and narrative engagement of the audience, providing editors with a range of different editing styles and techniques. It also discusses our psychological and cognitive behavior and asks why certain picture and sound configurations can affect us emotionally.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 232 pages
Publication date: 30 December 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Film editing is a crucial part of the long process of creating, acquiring, and presenting the images and sounds that make up a film. The film editor's role is to make decisions about the arrangement of the visual and aural material they receive in the cutting room, not for their own satisfaction but to stimulate the participation of the cinema and television viewer. Three interrelated aspects, emotion, performance, and story, influence this decision-making.

Film Editing: Emotion, Performance, Story delves into the reasons behind certain editorial decisions that can enhance the emotional and narrative engagement of the audience. With full-color examples from features, short films, and commercials, this book introduces a range of different editing styles and techniques to provide editors with a foundation on which to build their practice.

Julie Lambden takes a discursive approach, exploring the many options available to the editor, from the fine point of cutting to the precise structuring of scenes within a whole film. Examples are closely analyzed and discussed using frame grabs, graphics, and plans. The book also opens discussions on our psychological and cognitive behavior, and asks why certain picture and sound configurations can affect us emotionally.

Interspersed with chapters on the fundamental tools of editing, the book explores three editing strategies. Each strategy is a method of persuasion that the editor can use to elicit a response from the audience, whether it's sympathy for a character or belief in the fictional world.

By examining these three aspects, Film Editing: Emotion, Performance, Story provides a comprehensive understanding of the art and craft of film editing. It is an essential resource for editors, students, and anyone interested in the film industry, as it offers insights into the creative decisions that shape the final product.

Weight: 786g
Dimension: 211 x 269 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781474254908