Contents
PART 1 SO YOU’RE AN ASSISTANT, NOW WHAT?
1.2 Assess Your Current Status
1.3 Step Away from the Internet
2.1Communicate Your Desire to Edit
2.3Contribute to the Editing Workload
2.4Recognize a Safe Environment
3.2Architecture—The Master as the Support Beam
3.8Juggle the Characters in the Room
3.9Cycles of Motion, Dirty Frames and Empty Frames
4.1Cadence—Dialog as Your Melody
4.22, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 Frame Rule
4.3Air on The ‘A’ and ‘B’ Side of the Cut
4.4Projectile Rule—Cause and Effect
4.10Come Back to a Character in the Same Position
4.12Never Leave Anyone Hanging to Dry
4.14Meter—Pauses, Commas and Parenthetical Phrases
4.15Pre-Lapping and Post-Lapping Sound
4.16Band-Aids®—Consonants, Speech Blends, SFX and MX
5.2Placing Chyrons and Subtitles
5.3Placing Credits—The Main Title and Opening Credit Sequence
5.4The Recap for an Episodic Television Show
PART 3GUIDELINES FOR EDITING NON-FICTION
Chapter 6Editing Scripted Documentaries
6.1Introduction to Non-Fiction
6.3The Process Begins With the Script
Chapter 7Editing Non-Scripted Documentaries
7.7Collaboration With the Director
PART 4WORDS OF ADVICE FROM EDITORS