j THE TECHNIQUE OF FILM AND VIDEO EDITING: HISTORY, THEORY, AND PRACTICE FOURTH EDITION Dancyger Book.indb 1 9/10/2006 8:31:07 PM Dancyger Book.indb 2 9/10/2006 8:31:08 PM j THE TECHNIQUE OF FILM AND VIDEO EDITING History, Theory, and Practice j j j FOURTH EDITION KEN DANCYGER j AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDLEBERG • LONDON NEW YORK • OXFORD • PARIS • SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO • SINGAPORE • SYDNEY • TOKYO Focal Press is an imprint of Elsevier Dancyger Book.indb 3 9/10/2006 8:31:09 PM Focal Press is an imprint of Elsevier 30 Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Burlington, MA 01803, USA Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP, UK Copyright © 2007, Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Science & Technology Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone: (+44) 1865 843830, fax: (+44) 1865 853333, e-mail:
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