Book Reviews
Of Montage & VFX, A Pedagogical Analysis
The number of books dedicated specifically to motion picture editing is not large. There is a steady supply of how-to guides, often geared to specific technologies […]
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Book Reviews
A Cutting Room Colloquy
Steve Hullfish knows how to talk with editors. In addition to writing five previous books (all published by Focal Press), including The Art and Technology of Digital Color Correction and Avid Uncut, he has extensive post-production credits in both television and film. […]
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Planet Waves – Walter Murch and the Sounds of the Solar System
The title of Lawrence Weschler’s book, “Waves Passing in the Night: Walter Murch in the Land of the Astrophysicists,” is complex and slightly mysterious, fitting for an exploration into the mind of legendary picture editor, sound designer, sound editor, re-recording mixer, writer and director Walter Murch, ACE, CAS, MPSE. […]
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A Guide to Putting the ‘Pro’ in Pro Tools
If you’re a Pro Tools instructor, ‘Audio Production Basics With Pro Tools | First’ provides a guided, formal course of study that will turn beginners into Pro Tools engineers. […]
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Run of DeMille
Red Scare, Blacklist and a Directorial Feud
The blacklisting of Communists, former Communists, union supporters, socialists and people whose only agenda was to create films was a fact of life in the entertainment industry during the 1950s and 1960s. […]
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Assessing the Media Landscape for Common Ground
“The Storytellers Dilemma: Overcoming the Challenges in the Media Age” is meant for everyone who works in the media industries, whether in content creation, post-production finance or distribution. […]
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History, Horses’ Hooves and Homicide
‘The Inventor and the Tycoon’ is an engrossing book that could have been made sleeker and more significant. […]
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Cinema Europa: Is American Editing Lost in Translation?
The diversity of techniques and point of view in Roger Crittenden’s new book on European film editing is fairly astonishing. […]
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Against Condemnation: New York and the Post-Censor Movie Culture
Raymond J. Haberski Jr.’s fascinating history of the film culture wars covers a series of controversies from the 1950s and ‘60s up to the early ‘70s. […]
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The Unheard Magic
Some essential words are offered about cutting room etiquette and potential traps for the dialogue editor. […]
