1st Edition
Contemporary Post-Production Create, Cut, Collaborate, Color, Deliver
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. The Who, What, and Why for this Book
Part 1: PRACTICAL SKILLS
3. Create
4. Cut
5. Collaborate
6. Sound
7. Score
8. Color
9. Transcripts, Captions, and Subtitles
10. Exhibit and Deliver
Part 2: CREATIVE AESTHETICS
11. Interview: Aashish Kumar – ”Body, Home, World”
12. Interview: Allie Sultan and Ryan Rehnborg – “Incognita’s Infamous Adventures”
13. Interview: Carla Gutíerrez – “FRIDA”
14. Interview: Zeb Achonu – “White Nanny Black Child”
Part 3: THE INDUSTRY
15. Looking Back To Look Forward
15a. Alice Guy-Blaché
15b. Oscar Michaeux
16. Emerging Issues in the Edit Room
Part 4: APPENDIXES: ACTIVITIES, CHARTS, AND SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS
Appendix 1. Story forms
Appendix 2. Ocean University Sample “Introductory Briefing”
Appendix 3. Class activity: Editor and Story Choices
Appendix 4. Class Activity: Create and Edit a Story
Appendix 5. Daily Logs and Naming Conventions
Appendix 6. Post-Production Workflow Guide
Appendix 7. Post-Production Guide by Form
Appendix 8. What Are We Going to Do About AI? Use It? Fear It?
ADDITIONAL SECTIONS:
i. Citations
ii. Image Credits
iii. Additional Resources
iv. Index
Biography
Melanie La Rosa is an award-winning filmmaker, film professor, and advocate for diversity in media. A 2022 Public Voices Fellow on the Climate Crisis with the OpEd Project and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, her films have screened internationally and broadcast on PBS. Her work has won funding from NYSCA, Queens Council on the Arts, Brooklyn Arts Council, and Solutions Journalism Network. Her films include "How To Power A City," "The Poetry Deal: a Film with Diane DiPrima," and "Sir: Just A Normal Guy." Her articles appear in World War Zero, The Progressive, and Gateway Journalism Review, among other publications.






