Cut by Cut

Gael Chandler takes the editor's postproduction work step by step, from the arrival of the dailies to delivering the finished piece for cinema, television, Blu-ray or YouTube, whether on film, tape, disk or file. The guide explains how digital editing systems operate and covers tape, tapeless and film workflows. Its middle section deals with cutting the footage itself: making cuts, video effects, overlaps and cheat shots, and how to handle comedy, drama, documentary and music videos. The final section turns to music and sound editing and the mix, then describes finishing processes including online editing, negative cutting and DI. The second edition brings all of this up to date with current postproduction practice.

Andi Dumitrescu, a musician and filmmaker, listed it in an interview among the books that helped him with the different parts of his work, film editing among them.