Editing books?

[Pinoy McGee]

Software specific or more on theory?

[Grgeon]

Oops! I'm looking for more Theory type books.

Thx Pinoy,

George

[Pinoy McGee]

Shot by Shot, Steven D. Katz (http://www.mwp.com/books/directing/directing-shot-by.php4)

Cinematic Motion, also by Steven D. Katz (http://www.mwp.com/books/directing/directing-cinema.php4)

Setting Up Your Shots by Jeremy Vineyard (http://www.mwp.com/books/camera/set-shots.php4)

Directors Rob Cohen (Fast and Furious) and Robert Rodriguez (Spy Kids trilogy) offer some editing insights in their DVD commentaries.

[Grgeon]

excellent, thanks for the reply dude.

George

[Grgeon]

Hi, I'm looking if anyone has this book? and what you think of it?

In the Blink of an Eye by Walter Murch (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1879505622/qid=1093137645/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/102-8092777-6553713?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)

I'm looking for some more film editing and directing books.

Thanks,
George

[jwmoebius]

Hello George,
I read the Walter Murch book and found it very interesting. It's not much of a theory book, more a compilation of personal wisdom he picked up on the way along with a very interesting rundown on how editing (and editing styles) developed over time. I can definitely recommend reading that. Another one I found interesting was an old book by François Truffaut, which is basically an in-depth interview with Alfred Hitchcock about every one of his movies. He explains a lot of filming and editing tricks in there. I think the english title is just "Hitchcock". I haven't really read any other books on editing yet ...

[bulboustoe]

This book is interesting too:

On Film Editing
by Edward Dmytryk

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