The Most User-Friendly Book on Film and Video Editing

Written by a working professional, The Bare Bones Editing Course for Film and Video reduces the editing experience to its essence, making complicated concepts easy to grasp. Using simple clear language and dozens of illustrations, the book explains how to use images and sound to tell a motion picture story.

This guide reveals how editing affects a motion picture's pace, rhythm, structure, and story, and spells out exactly what an editor does. The tools, methods, and processes of movie editing in any medium are revealed so that readers working with film, video, or any type of digital equipment can apply the principles to all their work, from studio theatrical releases to short-form videos.

When you finish this book, you will know and understand how to edit seamlessly in post-production. The Bare Bones Editing Course for Film and Video rounds out the education of any filmmaker.

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