Editing Techniques with Final Cut Pro, 2nd Edition

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Features

• NEW - Updated edition is greatly expanded—Includes detailed techniques for sound design, “finishing”, and color correction.

  • Provides students with the very latest tools and features being used in the industry.

• Practical Techniques are combined with Professional and Artistic Strategies.

  • This book goes beyond using the basics of Final Cut Pro so that students understand the principles of professional video editing.

• Features interviews with well respected editors, including Walter Murch (The English Patient), Steven Mirrione (Traffic), Paul Hirsch (Star Wars).

  • Provides an inside industry look at concepts and techniques being used by the masters in their field.

• Industry-leading and Award-winning Author—Michael Wohl has been editing film and video for twelve years. His experience ranges from corporate training and communications to documentary to narrative film. In 1993, his fictional documentary “Theaterality” won the coveted Golden Eagle award from CINE. He was one of the principal designers of Apple's Final Cut Pro, serving as the voice of a real-world user.

  • Provide students with expert, professional instruction and advice.

Description

Editing Techniques with Final Cut Pro, 2nd Edition is an insightful and practical guide for intermediate to advanced Final Cut Pro users who want to extend their use of the tool to achieve sophisticated storytelling. The second edition of this popular book by professional filmmaker and editor Michael Wohl includes an entirely new chapter on finishing and outputting video to a variety of formats for both film and the Web; a major new section on color correction, including color photo illustrations; and a comprehensive look at how to create effective sound design. A unique blend of editing theory and practice, this book opens the readers¿ eyes and ears, making them more perceptive movie viewers and giving them the essential film vocabulary they need to advance their work to the next level and develop their own editing style.

Sample Content

Table of Contents

Introduction.


 1. The Editors Job.


 2. Film Language.


 3. Editing Patterns.


 4. Preparing to Edit.


 5. Basic Editing.


 6. Advanced Editing.


 7. Cutting the Track.


 8. Special Effects.


 9. Finishing.


10. The Digital Future.

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