Film and television editing book recommendation

Douban score: 7.2

Introduction: This is a concise and intuitive basic editing course, covering all aspects of information needed for editing work. Starting with the introduction of the most basic lens categories, this paper analyzes how to choose the editing point and transition time, and summarizes 46 commonly used editing principles to help readers quickly master various editing techniques and methods, and finally apply them to actual combat. The book is illustrated with pictures and rich cases, and each editing topic is easy to find and use. It is an essential manual for every movie lover, beginner and editing practitioner.

Translators are two teachers of Beijing Film Academy: Liang Lihua, a teacher of photography department of Beijing Film Academy, and a doctor of film science. Luo Zhenning, Director and Associate Professor of Foreign Language Teaching and Research Department of Basic Department of Beijing Film Academy.

The essence of this book is that it emphasizes the six elements of good editing, namely, information, motivation, lens composition, camera angle, coherence and sound, which run through the book and are closely linked. When editing, ask yourself questions (what do you want the audience to see, what the audience can't see, what do you want the audience to see) to mobilize the audience's emotions and thinking. Let the audience participate in the story and keep thinking, so as to get interested in the whole movie. There is no right or wrong in editing, so every time you edit, you must have a good reason. As a beginner's primer, it's all right.

2. Invisible clip

Douban score: 7.8

Introduction: This book opens the curtain of the world of film editing for us, and shows the charm of this mysterious art of editing with interesting strokes. Bobby, who came from a family of editing, opened the curtain of the world of film editing for us, and showed the charm of this mysterious art of editing with interesting brushstrokes. Bobby O'Steen, who comes from a family of editors, takes his years of practical experience in professional fields and the works of many world-class editors as cases to explain what magic editors have exerted to convince the audience of the film.

This book has both shortcomings and advantages. The previous descriptions of basic knowledge, key terms and technical history account for three quarters of the content, but only one quarter of the total pages. After a concise introductory course, more than 200 pages of genre film analysis is the essence. However, I haven't seen the film used as a case, so I can't appreciate the subtlety of the analysis. Therefore, the appropriate reading method of this book is: find several films mentioned in the book, watch them first, then read the book, see the analysis of relevant fragments, then find relevant fragments, watch them again, then read the book, and analyze them bit by bit.

Step 3 blink of an eye

Douban score: 8. 1

Introduction: This book brings together the creative and multifaceted thoughts of walter murch, a famous editor, which can be said to pose a certain challenge to the past editing concept. Murch leads readers into an incredible journey, which runs through both aesthetic pursuit and practical consideration. He put forward his own opinions on many topics, such as the coherence and incoherence of images in editing, dreams and real life, the criteria for judging editing, and the blinking action in editing is similar to the picture switching and out of an emotional hint.

Translator: Xia Tong, a graduate of Peking University, has worked in earthquake monitoring, machine translation, advertising creativity and international cultural exchange. After graduating from the Film Department of emily carr University, her works have participated in many international film festivals and won awards. In 2007, he was invited to teach in the Film Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts.

4, film and television editing

Douban score: 8.3

Introduction: A well-spoken, understandable, popular and easy-to-understand film editing textbook. Fudan erudite? Contemporary film photography course: film editing is suitable for teachers and students majoring in film photography, radio and television editing and directing, journalism and communication, as well as researchers and film amateurs of related majors. From the aspects of keeping pace with the times and uniqueness of views, "Fudan is knowledgeable?" Contemporary film course: film editing stands out among many similar books.

This book takes contemporary movies as an example to discuss and explain, and chooses movies that people are familiar with and understand. With the development of technology, editing methods that were not often used in the past have become commonplace today. This book has changed the backwardness of technical introduction in the past textbooks, and introduced many new editing methods and theories, which is of particular significance to contemporary film researchers and workers. The second edition mainly increased the content of documentary clips, supplemented some latest film cases, and made some textual changes.

5. Edit the Bible: Edit your movies and videos.

Douban score: 7.4

Introduction: This book is the first film and television teaching material introduced in China that combines editing technology with art and workflow. From the perspective of Hollywood editors, the author tells the story of film and digital editing technology, which not only makes readers understand the whole process of editing, but also provides readers with many useful suggestions and skills from the perspective of practitioners, so that readers can avoid detours and truly integrate theory with practice.

Translator: Huang, graduated from the Department of Media Technology and Art of Harbin Institute of Technology with a master's degree. Film critic Mo published more than 500,000 words of film and television commentary articles in magazines, newspapers and online media under his pseudonym.

This book is divided into three stages according to the editing workflow, and each stage is divided into two parts. Phase 1: Establish and organize the project; The second stage: editing; The third stage: completion. The book provides readers with various useful tables, work reports and budget tables. The text is accompanied by a detailed job description, resource list and glossary. This book is suitable for film lovers, film industry practitioners, film students and all readers who want to know the secrets of editing work.

6. Film language grammar

Douban score: 8.4

Introduction: It has sold well all over the world for more than 30 years and has been translated into dozens of languages. It is recognized as the most detailed and practical classic to discuss film image organization skills such as director, photography and editing. Starting from practice, this paper expounds the film language such as camera position, scene scheduling and editing, which lays the foundation for "telling stories with pictures". Nearly 500 machine bitmaps and storyboards run through the book, helping readers to understand the film language at a glance.

Translator: Zhou Chuanji, senior filmmaker, professor. Member of China Film Association, director of China Film Music Society, director of China Film Editing Society and member of China Film Criticism Society. He is a teacher of famous directors Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, and a famous film educator in China. He has published monographs such as Voice in Film and Television Broadcasting and Film Interpretation.

For me, I have really gained a lot of knowledge, and I seldom pay attention to the concept of lens when watching movies. This should be a good textbook for professional students. The author really listed the editing skills of lens arrangement in almost all shooting situations. The author has repeatedly stressed that "we should not be satisfied with the simple formula that has been demonstrated, but should make ingenious modifications to improve it". Craftsman+imagination = artist. "Excellent movies are made on the desk, not in the studio"-Hitchcock

7, pull the movie-film and television scriptwriter handout

Douban score: 8.3

Introduction: One of the important ways to learn film and television screenwriters is to pull the tab. To pull a movie is to carefully observe every shot and every line, and fully grasp the plot content, artistic style and various skills in the film. Excellent film and television drama works are vivid teaching materials for learning screenwriters, which provide us with correct demonstrations and rich creative experience. This handout uses the method of pull-tab, and through the demonstration of ten teaching films and a TV series, it teaches the basic theory of screenwriter and the basic skills of script writing, and introduces the different structural methods of drama films and narrative films.

It tells in detail how to pull movies, drama movies, narrative movies, western movies, oriental movies and TV dramas from various film types. Each chapter plays several classic movies completely, so every detail is in place, which is an indispensable book for screenwriters to master the film structure and screenwriter skills. What makes this book more powerful is that it runs through the research methods of China's ancient operas, and it is the work of a local screenwriter in China.