Cutting Rhythms Intuitive Film Editing 2nd Edition by Karen Pearlman ISBN 1138856517 9781138856516

Chapter 1: Rhythmic Intuition

• Intuitive Thinking

• Movement and Intuition

• Rhythm is Made of Movement

• Noticing Movement as Rhythm

• Feeling Movement’s Rhythmic Potential

• Empathy with Movement: Experience, Body, and Brain

• Being Rhythm and Thinking Rhythmically

• Summary

Chapter 2: Editing as Choreography

• Shifting the Discussion from Music to Movement

• Pulse

• Movement Phrases

• Why Bother with Phrasing?

• Phrasing Considerations

• Summary

Chapter 3: Timing, Pacing, and Trajectory Phrasing

• Timing

• Pacing

• Trajectory Phrasing

• Summary

Chapter 4: Tension, Release, and Synchronization

• Tension and Release

• Synchronization

• Case Study in Tension, Release, and Synchronization: Broadcast News

• Summary

Chapter 5: Physical, Emotional, and Event Rhythms

• Three Kinds of Movement

Chapter 6: Physical Rhythm

• Rechoreographing

• Physical Storytelling

• Dancing Edits

• Singing the Rhythm

• Case Study: “Now” Scene from Thursday’s Fictions

• Summary

Chapter 7: Emotional Rhythm

• Prepare, Action, Rest

• The Actor’s Actions

• Beats

• Case Study: The Hours

• Summary

Chapter 8: Event Rhythm

• First Scenes

• Dramatic Questions

• Structures as Event Patterns

• Energy, Pace, and Timing

• Creating Structure and Rhythm Simultaneously

• Real Events v. Fictional Events

• Reintegrating Rhythms

• Case Study: The Godfather

• Case Study: Goodfellas

• Summary

Chapter 9: Style

• Thematic Montage

• Continuity Cutting

• Points along the Spectrum from Thematic Montage to Continuity Cutting

• Collision

• Linkage

• Points along the Spectrum from Collision to Linkage

• Style Case Studies

• Contemporary Style: After the New Wave

• Summary

Chapter 10: Devices

• Parallel Action

• Parallel Action Case Studies

• Slow Motion

• Slow Motion Case Studies

• Fast Motion

• Two Quick Fast Motion Case Studies

• Mixed Motions and Speed Ramping

• Summary

Chapter 11: Collaboration and The Vulcan Mind Meld

• The Mind Meld

• Decision Making

• Responsive Creativity

• Power and Hierarchy

Chapter 12: Editing Thinking and Onscreen Drafting

• Editing Thinking

• What is an Onscreen Draft?

• Why Draft?

• Rapid Prototyping

• Embodied Decision Making