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ACROSS ALL OF THOSE SITUATIONS, THE SAME
REALITY HAS REPEATED ITSELF: THE TOOL
NEVER MAKES THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION.
THE EDITOR DOES. THIS BOOK COMES
FROM THAT IDEA. NOT FROM WANTING
TO EXPLAIN WHERE A FUNCTION
LIVES INSIDE A PIECE OF SOFTWARE,
BECAUSE TUTORIALS CAN BE
UPDATED EVERY TIME
REALITY HAS REPEATED ITSELF: THE TOOL
NEVER MAKES THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION.
THE EDITOR DOES. THIS BOOK COMES
FROM THAT IDEA. NOT FROM WANTING
TO EXPLAIN WHERE A FUNCTION
LIVES INSIDE A PIECE OF SOFTWARE,
BECAUSE TUTORIALS CAN BE
UPDATED EVERY TIME
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Many people are learning to edit, but far fewer are learning to tell stories.
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A BOOK ABOUT
THE CRAFT
OF EDITING
THE CRAFT
OF EDITING
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INSIDE · THE COMPLETE CRAFT
23 SCENES
The ones that follow the prologue and the introduction, and cover the craft from beginning to end:
01
Pause: see before you cut
02
Cut: rhythm lives in the heart and the ear
03
Turn up the music, but don’t steal the scene
04
Light, color and subtext: read the image before you correct it
05
The invisible cut: action, reaction, cause and effect
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The pulse of the shot: how long an image needs to live
07
The problem with editing from ego: defend the story, not the cut
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The story map: the system that allows you to create
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From material to cut: building the first version that can tell you the truth
10
The narrative machine: from picture lock to finishing
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Audio that tells the invisible
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The other lens: VFX, illusion and control of reality
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The invisible author: when editing is also writing
Each scene blends real production stories, principles and work systems that can be trained.
JUDGMENT IS NOT A MYSTERIOUS TALENT. IT IS BUILT.
THE ORIGIN
THE
90s
The story of the book begins in the mid-nineties, when Aragon's father took him as a child to a production house and let him watch, fascinated, as a story was built among tapes, monitors and buttons.
It was the era of linear editing, when CTRL+Z was still a luxury and every decision cost time and material.
That is where the habit that runs through every page comes from: think before you cut, look at the story before intervening in it.
EDITOR
POST PRODUCER
POST PRODUCER
STORYTELLER
PRODUCER
PRODUCER
GEO
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GON
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