Documentary Editing: Principles & Practice, Paperback

Documentary Editing offers a comprehensive set of strategies for the editing of raw footage into a completed documentary. Written by a working documentary editor and professor with over a dozen features to his credit, Jacob Bricca presents a step-by-step guide for how to turn seemingly shapeless footage into focused scenes, and how to find the overall structure for a documentary of any length. Concentrating on specific work practices rather than general advice about story structure, Bricca teaches readers to harness the skills and work practices developed over his 20-year career in order to tell compelling and effective stories.

The book also features in-depth discussions with other top documentary editors about their process, and a companion website offers downloadable raw footage and project files so the reader can compare specific editing choices and further analyze the journey from raw footage to finished product.