Table of Contents
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