Videotape Editing : A Post-Production Primer Book

	Introduction
	Acknowledgments
Pt. I	Technical Aspects of Videotape	1
1	A Brief History of Videotape	3
2	Videotape, Control Track, and Time Code	13
3	Videotape Formats and Their Uses	31
4	Controlling Video and Audio	49
5	The Video Edit	61
6	More on High Definition and the 16 by 9 Ratio	69
Pt. II	Concepts of Videotape Editing	77
7	Creating and Using the Master Log	79
8	Time Code, Computer, and Random-Access Editors	87
9	Off-Line versus On-Line Editing	97
10	Creating Video Effects	103
Pt. III	Working with the Image	121
11	Shooting for Postproduction	123
12	Editing Pictures	139
Pt. IV	Working at the Keyboard	155
13	Machine-to-Machine Editing	157
14	Reading the Computer Edit	161
15	The Computer Keyboard	169
16	Off-Line and On-Line Random-Access Editing	179
17	The Linear On-Line Edit Session	189
18	The Student Editor	197
Pt. V	Other Editing Processes	203
19	Audio Postproduction	205
20	Editing Film on Video	211
21	Special Circumstances	225
22	Examples of Professional Video Editing	231
23	Finding a Job in Postproduction	237
24	A Look into the Future	243
	App.: Compatibility	247
	Bibliography	251
	Glossary	253
	Index	277