Jump Cut!: Memoirs of a Pioneer Television Editor
by Arthur Schneider
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Author: Arthur SchneiderEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1997-05
ISBN: 0786403454
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Mcfarland & Co Inc Pub
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Book Review: An excellent review of television technology
Summary: 5 Stars
Although this is technically an autobiography, this book provides excellent insight into the devlopment of television, specifically the history of kinescope and videotape recording and editing. When there are no rules, who makes the rules? The author was involved in early West Coast kinescope recording, which was the only way to record television programs in the early 1950s. As videotape came into use, it was used to record and time delay shows for the West Coast. The author pioneered many early techniques, crude as they were, that helped make videotape a more effective production tool. The chapter detailing how 'Laugh-in', one of the first shows to use a fast-paced edit style, was produced, is excellent. This aspect of televison technology has not been well documented. This book provides excellent insight into the early days of network television.
Summary of Jump Cut!: Memoirs of a Pioneer Television Editor
During his 40-year career, the author became one of the industry's most respected television editors, receiving seven Emmy nominations and winning four times. But it was as a master of the jump cut-an editing style in which a sudden cut from one shot to another is made without a fadeout-that he is most remembered, and the term became his nickname. This is a behind-the-scenes look at the development of television, from the days when some editing was done with a razor blade and tape to the electronic editing of today.Performing Arts Books
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