Table of Contents
Acknowledgments x
A Note on the Text xi
Introduction: Retraining the Editor 1
1 The Hub of the Wheel: The Setup 4
How did the editor move to the center of production?
Video 1.1 First Cuts (3:30) 20
Video 1.2 Stages of Production (3:40) 26
Video 1.3 "What Exactly Do You Do?" (3:05) 28
2 "Story, Story, Story…": Edi-storial 30
How does a film editor help write a story? The essential exchange between editor and story artists.
Video 2.1 Timeline Years Long (1:05) 37
Video 2.2 Editors in the Story Room…and Story Artists in Editorial (4:10) 40
Video 2.3 Story and the Editor-Making Rough Boards Play (1:50) 41
Video 2.4 Moving Stills (:04) 43
Video 2.5 Story and the Editor-Case Study: "Carl and Ellie Meet" (2:05) 59
Video 2.6 Story and the Editor-Case Study: "Married Life" (3:55) 59
Video 2.7 Story and the Editor-Case Study: "End of the Line" (2:55) 62
Video 2.8 Story and the Editor-Case Study: "Opening" (6:00) 64
3 Conducting a Concerto: Sound 66
How does an animation editor "build" a performance in sound?
Video 3.1 Sound and the Editor-Track Tour (: 45) 72
Video 3.2 Perfect Performance-It's All About Dialogue (1:10) 73
Video 3.3 Deconstructing Dialogue-Case Study: Woody (2:40) 81
Video 3.4 Deconstructing Dialogue-Case Study: Russell (1:35) 84
Video 3.5 Deconstructing Dialogue-Case Study: Linguini (2:38) 85
Audio 3.6 Vocalizations: Grunts, Cries, and Whispers (1:05) 86
Audio 3.7 Arranging a Composition with Voices (:30) 88
Video 3.8 Enhanced Performance-An Approach to Dialogue (14:30) 90
Video 3.9 Dialogue-One Line at a Time (:40) 93
Video 3.10 Building Character-Case Study: Relatable Robots (3:20) 97
Video 3.11 Building Character-Case Study: Un-Relatable Robots (1:15) 97
Video 3.12 Building Character-Case Study: Subhuman Speech (1:20) 98
Video 3.13 Building Character-Case Study: Bear Talk (:45) 100
Video 3.14 Barking, with Feeling-Case Study: Dante Speaks (:20) 101
Video 3.75 Sonic Underscore-Penny Drops and Rainfall (1:00) 102
4 Edit First, Shoot Later: Layout 115
Where is the editor when the set is virtual? The editor's role in layout and camera.
Video 4.1 Sets, Not Cels-Animating in Space (:35) 117
Video 4.2 Driving the Camera-Case Study: "Customers!" (2:35) 125
Video 4.3 Layout and the Editor-Case Study: "The Cleaner" (1:40) 127
Video 4.4 Layout and the Editor-Case Study: "Castle Hunt" (4:15) 133
Video 4.5 Using 2D Cameras in 3D Scene Planning (2:00) 134
Video 4.6 Moving Storyboards-Case Study: "100 Mile Dash" (4:15) 135
Video 4.7 Cooking with Layout-Case Study: "Kitchen Tour" (1:50) 138
Video 4.8 Laser Layout-Case Study: "Space Ranger" (2:25) 140
5 Cutting Jell-O: Workplace Challenges 145
What are the human challenges in the course of a production marathon? How did editors come to be known as a tribe of "Warrior-People?"
Video 5.1 Made in Point Richmond-"You've Stepped into a Different World" (2:55) 147
Video 5.2 Tales from Frontier-Building a Studio Culture (3:10) 148
Video 5.3 Sequencitis-Case Study: "Yeti's Cave" (4:40) 152
Video 5.4 "Is This Still Funny?" Case Study: "Initiation" (4:15) 153
Video 5.5 Preview Progression-Brave (1:35) 168
6 Out of the Galápagos: Editors and Technology Adapt 171
What is progress? Perspective on the role of technology in the editor's creative process.
Video 6.1 Born Digital in an Analog World (5:05) 202
Video 6.2 Fluid Pixels-Beyond Pan and Scan (2:00) 204
7 Afterword: Why Does It Matter? 213
Sources and Resources 221
Index 238