Acknowledgments |
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A Note on the Text |
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Introduction: Reframing the Editor |
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1 The Hub of the Wheel: The Setup |
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How did the editor move to the center of production? |
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Video 1.1 First Cuts (3:30) |
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Video 1.2 Stages of Production (3:40) |
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Video 1.3 "What Exactly Do You Do?" (3:05) |
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2 "Story, Story, Story...": Edi-storial |
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How does a film editor help write a story? The essential exchange between editor and story artists |
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Video 2.1 Timeline Years Long (1:05) |
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Video 2.2 Editors in the Story Room...and Story Artists in Editorial (4:10) |
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Video 2.3 Story and the Editor--Making Rough Boards Play (1:50) |
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Video 2.4 Moving Stills (:04) |
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Video 2.5 Story and the Editor--Case Study: "Carl and Ellie Meet" (2:05) |
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Video 2.6 Story and the Editor--Case Study: "Married Life" (3:55) |
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Video 2.7 Story and the Editor--Case Study: "End of the Line" (2:55) |
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Video 2.8 Story and the Editor--Case Study: "Opening" (6:00) |
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3 Conducting a Concerto: Sound |
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How does an animation editor "build" a performance in sound? |
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Video 3.1 Sound and the Editor--Track Tour (: 45) |
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Video 3.2 Perfect Performance--It's All About Dialogue (1:10) |
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Video 3.3 Deconstructing Dialogue--Case Study: Woody (2:40) |
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Video 3.4 Deconstructing Dialogue--Case Study: Russell (1:35) |
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Video 3.5 Deconstructing Dialogue--Case Study: Linguini (2:38) |
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Audio 3.6 Vocalizations: Grunts, Cries, and Whispers (1:05) |
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Audio 3.7 Arranging a Composition with Voices (:30) |
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Video 3.8 Enhanced Performance--An Approach to Dialogue (14:30) |
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Video 3.9 Dialogue--One Line at a Time (:40) |
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Video 3.10 Building Character--Case Study: Relatable Robots (3:20) |
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Video 3.11 Building Character--Case Study: Un-Relatable Robots (1:15) |
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Video 3.12 Building Character--Case Study: Subhuman Speech (1:20) |
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Video 3.13 Building Character--Case Study: Bear Talk (:45) |
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Video 3.14 Barking, with Feeling--Case Study: Dante Speaks (:20) |
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Video 3.15 Sonic Underscore--Penny Drops and Rainfall (1:00) |
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4 Edit First, Shoot Later: Layout |
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Where is the editor when the set is virtual? The editor's role in layout and camera |
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Video 4.1 Sets, Not Cels--Animating in Space (:35) |
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Video 4.2 Driving the Camera--Case Study: "Customers!" (2:35) |
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Video 4.3 Layout and the Editor--Case Study: "The Cleaner" (1:40) |
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Video 4.4 Layout and the Editor--Case Study: "Castle Hunt" (4:15) |
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Video 4.5 Using 2D Cameras in 3D Scene Planning (2:00) |
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Video 4.6 Moving Storyboards--Case Study: "100 Mile Dash" (4:15) |
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Video 4.7 Cooking with Layout--Case Study: "Kitchen Tour" (1:50) |
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Video 4.8 Laser Layout--Case Study: "Space Ranger" (2:25) |
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5 Cutting Jell-O: Workplace Challenges |
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What are the human challenges in the course of a production marathon? How did editors come to be known as a tribe of "Warrior-People?" |
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Video 5.1 Made in Point Richmond--"You've Stepped into a Different World" (2:55) |
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Video 5.2 Tales from Frontier--Building a Studio Culture (3:10) |
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Video 5.3 Sequencitis--Case Study: "Yeti's Cave" (4:40) |
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Video 5.4 "Is This Still Funny?" Case Study: "Initiation" (4:15) |
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Video 5.5 Preview Progression--Brave (1:35) |
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6 Out of the Galapagos: Editors and Technology Adapt |
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What is progress? Perspective on the role of technology in the editor's creative process |
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Video 6.1 Born Digital in an Analog World (5:05) |
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Video 6.2 Fluid Pixels--Beyond Pan and Scan (2:00) |
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7 Afterword: Why Does It Matter? |
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Sources and Resources |
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Index |
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