Dialogue Editing for Motion Pictures: A Guide to the Invisible Art

click here for more details, find new or used items	John Purcell Our price £21.79 (£22.99) New from £18.20 Used from £18.57 Pages: 384 (Paperback) ISBN: 0240809181 Pub: Focal Press Pub date: 2007-06-22 Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 188155

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Practical and incredibly useful (0/0 people found this helpful)

Absolutely brilliant.
This book is packed with insider tips, clearly drawn from years of experience. In my mind it is an essential read for everyone involved in sound post, and recommended for others to gain an understanding of the pressures and challenges facing the dialogue editor. Written in straightforward, often witty prose, it is very readable while maintaining the necessary level of technical content.
I really can't recommend it enough.

They don't come any better than this (0/0 people found this helpful)

More practical and less philosophical than "The Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound" by David Lewis Yewdall - which I heartily recommend - this book takes you step-by-step through each stage of dialogue editing. The examples are based on Pro Tools sound editor and Avid - but the author emphasises this is merely for the sake of expediency - the principles still apply to Adobe Audition and Final Cut Pro. This book gives me all the techniques I need to work at a professional level. If you need to buy Pro Tools (the software won't run unless you have the associated hardware) then buy the "MBox 2 Micro" or the "Mbox 2 Mini" - both cost less than Adobe Audition (which I also use).

A good professional book for aspiring film professionals. (1/1 people found this helpful)

Clearly phrased, easy to read, concise and extremely useful, this book is a step by step guide to every pop, crackle and roll of the core part of sound editing - making the dialogue heard. It also has a great overview of the context - how to transfer production sound from the picture editing room, what you'll need from production as well, favoured/time saving procedures and the required contacts in other departments of production (a crucial though rarely covered issue).
The basic feel is somewhere between a 'how to' guide and a master-class. The book covers a lot more than which plug-in gives you what or how to use your mouse. Anyone with a few basic concepts in editing would probably be able to give it a go him/herself, or at least have a very good clue on what should be done in order to get the job done, and done well.
It's also packed with illustrative materials of most dialog boxes and written materials you should run into while working.
I'd recommend it to editors (both picture and sound) and post production facilities (in case a producer might wander in and wonder what's the big deal with dialogue).

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