The Practical Guide to Documentary Editing

by Sam Billinge

The Practical Guide to Documentary Editing sets out the techniques, the systems and the craft required to edit compelling professional documentary television and film. Working stage by stage through the postproduction process, author Sam Billinge explores project organization, assembling rushes, sequence editing, story structure, music and sound design, and the defining relationship between editor and director. Written by a working documentary editor with over a decade’s worth of experience cutting films for major British and international broadcasters, The Practical Guide to Documentary Editing offers a unique introduction to the craft of documentary editing, and provides working and aspiring editors with the tools to master their craft in the innovative and fast-paced world of contemporary nonfiction television and film.

244 pages, Paperback

Published April 19, 2017

Reviews

[Same Same · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a form of self help book in the sense that it’s helping you understand how to edit and work inside a video editing software.

Useful concepts. Glad I read it. Exactly what I was hoping for.