{"id":13071,"date":"2014-11-14T07:17:53","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T12:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/?page_id=13071"},"modified":"2023-12-07T10:07:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T15:07:25","slug":"language-of-film-editing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/language-of-film-editing\/","title":{"rendered":"Language of Film: Editing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Timely News:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/film\/spotlight\/power-of-the-dog-dune-editors-weave-tension-into-their-cuts-1235155003\/\">Dune, Power of Dog Editors Weave Tension Into Their Cuts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bBCttOZLWiw&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;fbclid=IwAR0oJNl1riTOdSj8X6Cmh6F9Fa7AEEXxDU72NxQ25g9rUrDnAwKXQ50-Y8Y\">10 Genius Editing Decisions<\/a> (video)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2020\/01\/the-irishman-editor-thelma-schoonmaker-filmmaker-toolkit-podcast-episode-108-1202207370\/\">Thelma Schoonmaker Discusses The Irishman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2020\/artisans\/awards\/thelma-schoonmaker-irishman-martin-scorsese-1203475160\/\">Editing The Irishman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2020\/artisans\/awards\/parasite-editing-jinmo-yang-bong-joon-ho-1203456077\/\">Parasite Editors Discusses the Film<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/12\/25\/movies\/1917-single-take.html\">Not Much Need for an Editor Here<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/behind-screen\/how-just-mercys-editor-drew-emotion-a-courtroom-scene-1265422\">Just Mercy: Editing for Emotion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/behind-screen\/how-just-mercys-editor-drew-emotion-a-courtroom-scene-1265422\">Bohemian Rhapsody Editor Hates This Scene<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2018\/artisans\/production\/orson-welles-other-side-of-the-wind-1203029115\/\">Inside an Editor &amp; Negative\u00a0 Cutter&#8217;s Journey: Orson Welles Final Film<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/2018\/7\/20\/17583276\/the-dark-knight-joker-chase-scene-editing\">Dark Knight Chase Scene: Did Chris Nolan Break The Biggest Film Editing Rule?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/behind-screen\/editors-get-i-tonya-blade-runner-2049-dissect-cuts-1070726\">Dissecting Editing of &#8220;Get Out,&#8221; &#8220;I, Tonya,&#8221; &#8220;Blade Runner&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/deadline.com\/2017\/12\/thomas-stanford-dies-west-side-story-film-editor-1202233680\/\">Obit: Thomas Stanford, editor &#8220;West Side Story&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/behind-screen\/behind-scenes-editing-baby-driver-1070463\">Behind the Scenes: Editing &#8220;Baby Driver&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/behind-screen\/dunkirk-post-editors-making-right-cuts-keep-up-tension-1067048\">Dunkirk, Post Editors On Creating Tension in Editing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/editing-and-sound-baby-driver\/?utm_source=PremiumBeat+Updates&amp;utm_campaign=970be0822d-PB_Blog_Updates_07142017&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_6293d3e233-970be0822d-427582681\">Cutting &#8216;Baby Driver&#8221; on Location In Real Time<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/12\/23\/movies\/below-the-line-editing-room.html?_r=0\">Editing: The Room<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/browbeat\/2015\/12\/11\/the_big_short_editor_hank_corwin_discusses_the_creation_of_those_crazy_montages.html\">The Big Short Editor Talks Montage and Fast Cuts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2015\/film\/global\/walter-murch-on-editing-cinematography-change-to-digital-1201642921\/\">Walter Murch On Editing and more<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/01\/19\/movies\/thelma-schoonmaker-on-the-art-of-editing-long-movies.html\">Cut Here<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/01\/19\/movies\/thelma-schoonmaker-on-the-art-of-editing-long-movies.html\">,\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/01\/19\/movies\/thelma-schoonmaker-on-the-art-of-editing-long-movies.html\">Cut There<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/01\/19\/movies\/thelma-schoonmaker-on-the-art-of-editing-long-movies.html\">, but It&#8217;s Still 3 Hours<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"role_document\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.indiewire.com\/thompsononhollywood\/crafts-roundup-editors-talk-about-the-journeys-of-survival-and-reinvention?utm_source=iwAwards_newsletter&amp;utm_medium=sailthru_newsletter\">Editors: On The Journeys of Survival &amp; Reinvention<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span id=\"role_document\"><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span id=\"role_document\">David Fincher, the director of \u201cThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,\u201d and Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall, the film\u2019s editors, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/slideshow\/2011\/12\/18\/magazine\/dragon-tattoo-fincher.html?ref=magazine\">break down a four-minute<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/slideshow\/2011\/12\/18\/magazine\/dragon-tattoo-fincher.html?ref=magazine\">sequence<\/a> that occurs early in the film. The narrative set-up: The journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) is visiting the aging industrialist Henrik\u00a0Vanger (Christopher Plummer), who is asking him to investigate a decades-old mystery involving his niece Harriet.<\/span><span id=\"role_document13\"> <\/span><span id=\"role_document\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nyti.ms\/UCkwHO\">Apps For Video Editing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmsite.org\/bestfilmediting.html\">Best Film Editing Sequences Of All Time<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/video.google.com\/videoplay?docid=3437790627652078588\">The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing<\/a> (also via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xZyOmeXfP04&amp;feature=related\">YouTube<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aotg.com\/cuttingroom\">The Cutting Room<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/classes.yale.edu\/film-analysis\/htmfiles\/editing.htm#29959\">Editing<\/a> (Film Analysis Guide)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/135811744987224607\/\">Editing<\/a> (infographic)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mycom.net\/en-US\/MyMedia-Module5.aspx\">Editing<\/a> (MyMedia Module 5)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmeducation.org\/thinkingfilm\/film\/supplementary-materials.html\">Editing<\/a> (Thinking Film)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lessonbucket.com\/narrative\/editing\/\">Editing <\/a>(Lesson Bucket)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/themea.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/group-documents\/14\/1290111247-EditingandRepresentation-formea.pdf\">Editing and representation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/17905994\">Editing Transitions tutorial<\/a> (video)<\/li>\n<li>Edits and transitions (LoS)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elementsofcinema.com\/editing\/the-elements-of-editing-editing-index\/\">Elements of Editing<\/a> (Elements of Cinema)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/everyframeapainting\/\">Every Frame a Painting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kino-eye.com\/drafts\/Film_Editing_v0.2.pdf\">Film Editing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.entertainments.website\/film\/film-editing-editing-movie\/\">Film Editing: Editing Movies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pov.imv.au.dk\/Issue_06\/section_1\/artc2A.html\">Film Editing: A Hidden Art<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sparkcharts.sparknotes.com\/film\/film\/section1.php\">Film Form and Analysis<\/a> (Sparknotes) includes cinematography; sound\/editing; narrative<\/li>\n<li>Film Language: <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20040809220213\/http:\/www.filmeducation.org\/secondary\/concept\/filmlang\/docs\/lang7.html\">Use of editing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/editing.htm\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-cturl=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/editing.htm&amp;sa=U&amp;ei=OiXyTpLrG8KctwfKv9nQBg&amp;ved=0CAQQFjAA&amp;client=internal-uds-cse&amp;usg=AFQjCNFb-nWE_y7PlbwcnOrEHZYBq7rOkQ\" data-ctorig=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/editing.htm\">Film Study Guide: To Kill A Mockingbird: EDITING<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-US\/windows-vista\/Getting-started-with-Windows-Movie-Maker\">Getting Started With Windows Movie Maker<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pamcole.com\/DOCS\/film_editing.html\">Grammar of Film Editing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rMma1ew6iGQ\">Harry Potter and the Magic of Editing<\/a> (YouTube)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NG0V7EVFZt4&amp;feature=related\">Hitchcock on Cutting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/84542388\">History of Cutting: The Birth of Cinema &amp; Continuity Editing<\/a> (Vimeo)<\/li>\n<li>How To Analyze Movies: <a href=\"http:\/\/filminquiry.com\/analyze-movies-like-boss-mise-en-scene-editing\/\">Editing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RJpFwrcf3XA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How-To Edit Your Film <\/a>(FirstLight)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmclub.org\/resources\/details\/156\/how-to-edit-your-film\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Edit Your Film<\/a> (FilmClub)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/computer.howstuffworks.com\/video-editing.htm\">How Video Editing Works<\/a> (HowStuffWorks)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/video.google.com\/videoplay?docid=3437790627652078588#docid=-6533529532238468215\">iMovie: Basic Editing <\/a>(stream)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ExLNbJs46jc&amp;feature=related\">Inception of Editing: The Art of D.W. Griffith<\/a>\u00a0 (stream)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/joyoffilmediting.com\/\">Joy Of Film Editing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.schuleplus.de\/Englisch\/films\/filmanalysis-language.htm\">Language of film analysis<\/a> (cameras, editing)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmeducation.org\/thor\/make_the_cut\/\">Make The Cut<\/a> (editing a film trailer)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editorsguild.com\/Index.cfm\">Motion Picture Editors Guild <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mpse.org\/\">Motion Picture Sound Editors<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Moving images: <span id=\"role_document12\"><a title=\"http:\/\/englishonline.tki.org.nz\/English-Online\/Exploring-language\/Moving-Images\/Cutting-and-editing\" href=\"http:\/\/englishonline.tki.org.nz\/English-Online\/Exploring-language\/Moving-Images\/Cutting-and-editing\">Cutting and Editing<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/oneperfectshotdb.com\/2015\/12\/watch-perfect-cut-the-editing-of-psycho\/\">Perfect Cut: The Editing of Psycho<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whatculture.com\/film\/9-extremely-effective-slow-motion-film-scenes.php\">9 Extremely Effective Slow-Motion Film Scenes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"role_document12\"><a href=\"http:\/\/millie.furman.edu\/mll\/tutorials\/photostory3\/index.htm\">Photostory 3 Tutorial<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"role_document12\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elementsofcinema.com\/editing\/EDITING.html\">Principles of Editing<\/a><\/span><span id=\"role_document12\"> <\/span><span id=\"role_document12\">(Elements of Cinema)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/76513972\">Pudovkin&#8217;s Five Editing Techniques<\/a> (video)<\/li>\n<li><span id=\"role_document12\"><a href=\"http:\/\/savedelete.com\/best-free-windows-video-editing-software.html\">18 Best Video Editing Software<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EgT4-gDaCNo\">The Soundman <\/a>(1950 documentary)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikiversity.org\/wiki\/Lesson:Understanding_Film_Editing\">Understanding Film Editing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/zimmer.csufresno.edu\/~candace\/basics\/editing.htm\">Video Editing Basics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.bc.edu\/~syu\/artvis\/course\/project\/filmedit\/index.html\">Why Editing Works<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Lesson Plans:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/medb.byu.edu\/lesson\/show?id=120\">Applying Editing Principles to Fritz Lang&#8217;s Metropolis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/medb.byu.edu\/lesson\/show?id=28\">Editing\/Transitions and D.W. Griffith<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oscars.org\/education-outreach\/teachersguide\/filmediting\/index.html\">Film E<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oscars.org\/education-outreach\/teachersguide\/filmediting\/index.html\">diting<\/a>: Manipulating Time and Space (from the AMPAS Teacher Guide Series)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thirteen.org\/edonline\/lessons\/editing\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Introduction to Film Editing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Recommended Texts\/Periodicals\/Multimedia:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/61flELmgXmL._SL1000_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"237\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rg_hi\" class=\"rg_hi\" src=\"http:\/\/t1.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRc8AKBWjq7oPssNPDtZuahxlo11WvD0U-7JCIooxQ0DPbqQG--\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"238\" data-width=\"178\" data-height=\"283\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/conversations.jpg\" alt=\"The Conversations - Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film\" width=\"175\" height=\"234\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"In the blink of an eye: a perspective on film editing [Book]\" src=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=wB7cAAAAMAAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;img=1&amp;zoom=1&amp;l=220\" alt=\"In the blink of an eye: a perspective on film editing [Book]\" width=\"152\" height=\"235\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"Film editing: the art of the expressive [Book]\" src=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=UtbhRnmQj3AC&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;img=1&amp;zoom=1&amp;l=220\" alt=\"Film editing: the art of the expressive [Book]\" width=\"177\" height=\"235\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.postmagazine.com\/Publications\/Current-Issue.aspx\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/lof_ed5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"219\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinemaeditormagazine.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/lof_ed6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"220\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.editorsguild.com\/Magazine.cfm\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/lof_ed1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"173\" height=\"220\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rg_hi1\" class=\"rg_hi\" src=\"http:\/\/t3.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSaN5lNBgzwySHzMWjq-QLHzxTzw_iQEulV_q0i-YOnsWOjNcoz\" alt=\"\" width=\"142\" height=\"221\" data-width=\"180\" data-height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/lof_ed2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"109\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/cuttothechase.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"161\" height=\"231\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediaedwales.org.uk\/products\/what-is-editsense\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/editsensetop2-1024x713.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"153\" height=\"151\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Timely News: Dune, Power of Dog Editors Weave Tension Into&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13071","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-language-of-film"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13071"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31523,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13071\/revisions\/31523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}