The first-ever comprehensive examination of the film editor's craft from the beginning of cinema to the present day. Of all the film-making crafts, editing is t

This edition provides a detailed look at the artistic and aesthetic principles and practices of editing for both picture and sound. It also contains up-to-date

An introduction to film editing, covering the latest version of Final Cut Express, containing exercises to allow the reader to apply the lessons, and includes D

Luís Fernando Morales Morante is Professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. He is the author of several books, and has worked as an editor for

This classic in film theory, presents a systematic study of the techniques of the film medium and of their potential uses for creating formal structures in indi