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Wadsworth, Christopher.
The editor’s toolkit : a hands-on guide to the art of film editing / Christopher Wadsworth.
pages cm
Includes index.
1. Motion pictures—Editing—Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Title.
TR899.W33 2015
777'.55—dc23
2015012182
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