Cut by Cut

STAGE I  SETTING UP AND ORGANIZING
Part One Starting your Project   
Ch 1 Decisions, Decisions: Getting Started on the Right Path through Postproduction     
    Appendix A     Project Checklist                           
Ch 2 Video, Digital, and Film Basics: Terms, Concepts, and Practices    
Part Two  Organizing for Editing
Ch 3 Setting up the Cutting Room: Workflows, Labeling Shots, and Other Cutting Room Common Tasks
    Appendix B    DIY Postproduction Schedule                   
Ch 4 Preparing Dailies                           
    Appendix C    Stage One: Budget Form for Dailies                     

STAGE II  EDITING
Part One How to Approach the Footage
Ch 5 To Cut or not to Cut: Where to Cut and Why           
Ch 6 Everyday Editing Challenges                       
Ch 7 From Animation to Reality: Editing Different Genres        
Part Two Getting from First Cut to Final Cut
Ch 8 Making the Cuts: Editing on a Digital System           
Ch 9 The Process: Getting from First Cut to Locked Cut           
    Appendix D    Tape and Tapeless Show Continuity Form                
    Appendix E     Film Show Continuity Form                       
    Appendix F     Stage Two: Budget Form for Editing                    

STAGE III FINISHING
Part One Sound, Music, and the Mix
Ch 10  Designing Sound and Music
Ch 11  Editing and Mixing Sound and Music               
    Appendix G     ADR Cue Sheet                           
    Appendix H    Stage Three: Budget Form for Sound, Music, and the Mix         
Part Two Finishing and Delivering
Ch 12  Finishing on Tape, File or the Web                     
Ch 13 Finishing on Film and via DI                         
    Appendix I     Stage Three: Budget Form for Finishing                 
How to Find an Editing Job                                 
Resources
Glossary                            
Bibliography

Gael Chandler has edited comedies, dramas, documentaries, features, corporate videos, and promos, and cut on every type of medium: film, tape, and digital. Nominated twice for a Cable ACE award for editing a comedy series, she is a member of the Editors Peer Group of the Television Academy of Arts and Sciences and annually judges the Emmy and College TV awards. Her second book, Film Editing: Great Cuts Filmmakers and Movie Lovers Should Know, published in 2009, is filled with basic and complex editing concepts that make the invisible art of editing visible using 600 colorful frames from popular recent films. Her website is www.joyoffilmediting.com.