Steve Hullfish is a feature film and TV editor with credits including, "Courageous," "War Room," "Champion" and the theatrically-released feature documentary, "Clinton Inc." Hullfish is the author of five other books, including The Art and Technique of Digital Color Correction and Avid Uncut. Hullfish also trains editors and colorists around the world.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Film Editor Biographies

1. PROJECT ORGANIZATION

Cards on a Wall

Project Organization

Scene Bin Organization

Scene Bin Organization with JPEG Markers

Selects or KEM Rolls

Sequence Organization

Organizing a Timeline Layout

ScriptSync

2. APPROACH TO A SCENE

Screening Dailies (Rushes)

Watching Dailies Backwards

Finding a Starting Place

Fast and Rough to Start

Using Select Reels

3. PACING AND RHYTHM

Pacing is Musical

What Determines Pacing?

Letting it Breathe

Pacing Due to Screen Size

4. STRUCTURE

Length of First Assembly

Working the First Assembly

Hitting Beats

Structure

Intercutting

Killing Your Babies and Eliminating Shoe Leather

Screening

First Assembly in TV

5. STORYTELLING

Editing is Foundational to Storytelling

Speaking into the Script

Character

Perspective

Structure

A Student of Story

6. PERFORMANCE

Editing as Stewardship

Finding the Performance

Performance That Tells the Story

Shaping Performance

Editing Bracketed Performances

Using Audio from Different Takes Than Picture

Split Screen: The Invisible Weapon

Performance Needs Context

7. SOUND DESIGN

Sound to Sell Visual Edits

Selling the Environment

Collaboration with Sound Team and Assistants

ADR (Automated Dialogue Replacement)

8. MUSIC

The Purpose of Temp Music

Choosing Temp Music

Cutting Without Temp

Songs and Diegetic or "Source" Music

Temping a Franchise Film

Using Score

9. COLLABORATION

Landing the Gig

Styles of Collaboration

Notes

Social Skills

Don't Edit the Way You Think the Director Wants

TV's Collaborative Environment

10. DOCUMENTARY

Schedule

Approaching the Material

ScriptSync

Shot Selection

Pacing and Rhythm

Structure

Sound Design

Music

Collaboration

Notes and Revisions

Miscellaneous Documentary Wisdom

11. MISCELLANEOUS WISDOM

How Did You Break Into the Business?

Emotion

Geography

Learn From Your Mistakes

How Do You Judge the Editing of Others?