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chaptersCUTS THAT USE

COMPLEX EFFE·CTS
We live in an era where hardly a movie appears that doesn't
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exhibit some sort of special effect; many blockbusters de­

pend on novel effects to bolster their appeal. Effects can take
days, weeks, or months to craft on the computer and in the
film lab. Then they are cut into the movie by the editor and
finalized during the finishing process that takes place after
the editor turns in the final cut of the show.
There are many flne books on how these effects are
created. Since this book is about the types of cuts editors
make to put one shot after another into a movie, we'll focus
on the complex effects editors routinely influence by either
selecting the footage, helping with design, or knocking out
the initial version on their digital editing system.

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