The Art Of The Cut: Editing Concepts Every Filmmaker Should Know

I LOVED this book, moreso than any other editing book that I've come across. Unlike most editing books that drag on and on about editorial style and historical tools, this book really provides hands-on knowledge for the budding filmmaker. I would highly recommend this to anyone getting started with YouTube style videos, Short-Films, or simply looking for countless intermediate level skills. What a wonderful way to actually understand why we use specific transitions and cuts, when we should use them, and how best to implement them. This will be my editing bible going forward and I'm very thankful to have it for reference. Buy it for the sheer contrast that it will give you to any other editing "novel" that you're likely to come across. Well worth the five-star review!

Each page has a short, descriptive editing ( or shooting) concept explained directly and clearly with memorable examples, history, philosophy or comment which helped me process the content in a more memorable way. This book is invaluable to me, a novice documentarian film maker. People spend tons of money and tons of hours to get the info that can be gleaned from this book with in few hours to read front to back and then keep for reference. So happy I bought this book.

I'm not new to the editing process, but am a beginner when it comes to video. Most on-line guides focus on the technical aspects of editing, but not how to choose what to keep and what to delete. This books does that quite well, with page after page of clear-cut rules, examples, and advice. It's clear that I'll be re-reading this as I gain experience, and I'm certain it will hit different every time I do. One qualm, though, is that the book feels very dated. The copyright date says 2015, but the grainy black and white pictures say 1974. (One photo features President Ford, for heaven's sake!). That's not a huge deal, as much of the content is fairly timeless. Still, the focus is on feature films, while a 2020's reader will be looking to create shorter works for an on-line audience. For us, "post production can't address poor lighting or add special effects" isn't very helpful.

This book is an inside look into film/video production. It's not so much "how to" but insight on how and why things were done in editing major motion pictures. It would be very useful for even small-time video makers today. The original book was written in the film world but this release addresses non-linear digital editing. It came recommended to me from my son, a free-lance video producer along with another book " The art of the Cut" by Greg Keast. My last video productions were over 15 years ago and these books are helping me ramp up again

If you want to get into video editing, this book is a great start. Granted, it won't make you the next Michael Kahn, but if you've found yourself mystified on how best to transition from one shot to the next, The Art of the Cut will clear things up for you.

I love the contents of this book but the pages are literally falling out of it as I turn them.

Amateur film maker Grandson loves it.

Straightforward, to the point, no editing room war stories. It's an in depth immersion in the the theory and practice of film editing. A very worthwhile book for editors at every level. A particularly valuable book for students.

This is a brilliant little book, wonderfully written, clear - with great quotes to support each editing concept. If you keep it by your bedside, and read a few entries a night before sleep, you will start to have a good understanding of the pricinples of editing. I feel like I have learnt a lot from Greg Keast.

I loved the book and it's all what i needed .

About half of this book is just white paper, left side pages have a quote from philosopher, actor, director or editor and a on very few occations a image that goes with a topic. Right side of page is half a page to full page in big font and loose linespacing about random thought about moviemaking or editing. Two stars because it was a fast read and there is some value to use this as a kind of Oblique Strategies (creative card system by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt) thing. Take a look at the random page of this book each day you are doing something storytelling related to be reminded of a aspect of a editing/moviemaking. Not recommended unless it is in bargain bin.

Very important rules of editing explained within a day today practice and in a simple language.

Awesome book with loads of tips. Great book to read if you don't have a lot of time, as each page is a separate subject.