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Documentary Editing Offers Clear And Detailed Strategies For Tackling Every Stage Of The Documentary Editing Process, From Organizing Raw Footage And Building Select Reels To Fine Cutting And Final Export. Written By A Sundance Award- Winning Documentary Editor With A Dozen Features To His Credit And Containing Examples From Over 100 Films, This Book Presents A Step-by-step Guide For How To Turn Seemingly Shapeless Footage Into Focused Scenes, And How To Craft A Structure For A Documentary Of Any Length. The Book Contains Insights And Examples From Seven Of America’s Top Documentary Editors, Including Geoffrey Richman (the Cove, Sicko), Kate Amend (the Keepers, Into The Arms Of Strangers), And Mary Lampson (harlan County U.s.a.), And A Companion Website Contains Easy-to-follow Video Tutorials. Part 1i Setting The Stage For A Successful Edit -- Chapter 1 Planning Your Schedule / Jacob Bricca -- Chapter 2 Organizing Your Footage / Jacob Bricca -- Chapter 3 Everyday Work Practices / Jacob Bricca -- Part 31ii Finding Patterns -- Chapter 4 Viewing And Digesting / Jacob Bricca -- Chapter 5 Making Select Reels / Jacob Bricca -- Chapter 6 Refining Select Reels / Jacob Bricca -- Part Iiia Constructing And Refining Scenes / Jacob Bricca -- Chapter 527 Evidentiary Editing -- Building Interview-based Scenes / Jacob Bricca -- Chapter 8 Verité Editing -- Building Observational Scenes / Jacob Bricca -- Chapter 9 Building Montages / Jacob Bricca -- Part Iiib Building The Rough Cut / Jacob Bricca -- Chapter 9610 Choosing And Framing Footage / Jacob Bricca -- Chapter 11 The Fundamentals Of Narrative / Jacob Bricca -- Chapter 12 Working With Narrative / Jacob Bricca -- Chapter 13 Working With Details / Jacob Bricca -- Chapter 14 Working With Time / Jacob Bricca -- Part 181iv The Refining Process -- Chapter 15 Feedback And Revision / Jacob Bricca -- Chapter 16 Fine Cut To Final Cut And Beyond / Jacob Bricca -- Part V Seeing It All Come Together -- Analyses Of Four Films / Jacob Bricca