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11th January 2008
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| Gear Head Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 54
Thread Starter | A good book on Dialogue editing! Because I think some people here would be interested... I recently finished this book and I would recommend it to anyone interested in the topic. It's called: Dialogue Editing for Motion Pictures: A Guide to the Invisible Art. By John Purcell. I do mostly commercial/corporate work, but more and more indie film and Documentary stuff has been coming up lately. This book goes through this process in a very comprehensive way. Props to John Purcell. It opened my eyes to some new tips, ideas, and work flow... Amazon.com: Dialogue Editing for Motion Pictures: A Guide to the Invisible Art: Books: John Purcell |
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11th January 2008
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Burbank, CA
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| That is a great book! If you look at the reviews by the readers you will see one of my Sound Editors Brad Semenoff who read the book and uses it's techniques. Also Two other reviewers are by Sound Editors i have worked with over the years, John Sisti and Harry Cheney.I have seen and read through the book and it's very good except for some of his approach on dealing with Dialog Re-Recording Mixers. You'll have to read to understand what I'm talking about. A MUST BUY for everyone in Post Sound!!
__________________ Marti D. Humphrey CAS aka dr.sound www.thedubstage.com Imdb credits http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0401937/ Like everything in life, there are no guarantee's just opportunities. |
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16th January 2008
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| Gear interested Join Date: May 2006
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| +1 When I had worked with Brad on a project back in San Francisco, he recommended me this book and from this point on, I will never look back and regret it. |
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17th January 2008
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| Gear addict  Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 305
| As the author of Dialogue Editing for Motion Pictures: A Guide to the Invisible Art, I appreciate the interest I see in production sound editing within the post production forum. And of course, it never hurts to see kind words about the book! Dialogue editing is seldom taught and often misunderstood, so it’s good to have a place like gearslutz.com to discuss problems and air frustrations. I’m happy that my book is among the tools suggested to forum members seeking cleaner, smarter, more focused dialogue tracks that help to tell a story.
__________________ John Purcell author of Dialogue Editing for Motion Pictures: A Guide to the Invisible Art (Focal Press) |
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17th January 2008
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| Gear addict Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Northern Virginia
Posts: 351
| I just purchased this on Amazon.com and can't wait for it to arrive!
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18th January 2008
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| Gear nut  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hellsinki
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| Yesss placed the order for this bad boy! thumbsup |
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18th January 2008
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NY NY
Posts: 1,250
| thats funnny, I just bought the book a week ago and I'm reading it right now. Love it! I"m going to recommnd it to all my interms. cheers geo
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18th January 2008
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| Gear addict Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Northern Virginia
Posts: 351
| Just got my shipment from Amazon and cracked it open! Looks like I'll be deep in it all weekend. |
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19th January 2008
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Los Angeles
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| I just got my copy! Looking forward to reading it. |
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20th January 2008
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| Gear maniac  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Belgium
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| I'm still waiting for my Amazon order... I am really curious Kind regards from Belgium Pedro |
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20th January 2008
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| Gear nut  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Moscow, Russia
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|  Just recieved my copy from Amazon. Thank You, John for your inspiring and comprehensive book! I find it highly valuable from artistic, technical and business points of view. |
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21st January 2008
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| Gear addict Join Date: Jan 2008
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There's a brand new review in the Editors' Guild Magazine: Editors Guild Magazine - Cut/Print | |
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21st January 2008
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| Gear nut  Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: UK
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| John Purcell is a great guy and and excellent teacher. I highly recommend his book. |
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22nd January 2008
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NY NY
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| HI! Yup the book is great and i'm recommending it to all my interns cheers geo |
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22nd January 2008
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| Gear nut  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sweden
Posts: 134
| Love the book! It was I a life saver for me when doing my first job for swedish television. I studied it for weeks. Thanks John! --- I schuld be great with a thread about dialog editing, tips & tricks, screenshots and layouts etc! Anyone else?  |
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22nd January 2008
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22nd January 2008
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| Gear addict Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Northern Virginia
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| I'm half way through chapter 10 and have told my employer that I think they should buy one for each of the staff engineers. We don't do feature film work, but a lot of the other stuff is crucial to work flow in general and would benefit everyone! |
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22nd January 2008
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Granada Hills
Posts: 845
| Amazon has just dropped the price to $36 USD. I ordered one too!! Let's see if this old dog can learn new tricks!!! |
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22nd January 2008
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| Gear addict Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 305
| I'm sorry to be reduced to bragging, but they just announced the Oscar® nominations, and a film whose dialogue I edited, BEAUFORT, was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. I know it's not really the dialogue editing that made the difference in this case, but it's nice to be a part of a great project with a wonderful team. Please forgive this blast of exuberence. |
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22nd January 2008
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| Gear addict Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Northern Virginia
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23rd January 2008
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| Gear nut Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: UK
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| BEAUFORT was great  well done! |
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31st January 2008
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| Gear interested Join Date: Jan 2008
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| Dialogue Editing For Motion Pictures by John Purcell I find this book to be a most excellent publication. It's a genuine tour de force covering everything from the historical origins right up to the contemporary issues of this highly creative craft. Best of all the authors light, sensitive & often humorous touch make it a pleasure to read and easy to comprehend. When will we see further publications from Mr Purcell? |
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15th February 2008
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| Gear Head Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 39
| Ordered my copy too I just ordered my copy too. It seems like a Great book. Now I just have to sit and wait... Are you kidding? I got to go back to work!  |
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17th February 2008
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| Gear Head  Join Date: Feb 2008
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| Just got my copy in the mail a couple days ago. I'm trying to read it in between projects now. Just started chapter 3. Can't wait to finish it. Great job John.
__________________ Osmin "OZ" Camero Senior Post Production Engineer Audacity Recording Hollywood, Fl imdb: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2721619/ "P_ss, Poor, Performance, Prevents, Proper, Post Production." - Jeff Hamon |
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18th August 2008
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| Gear maniac  Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 260
| I got this book from a recommendation, and I must say, it did fill in gaps, teach me some new techniques(never have enough of those) and gave me a good overview of the process from start to finish. I am much better prepared for eventualities now. The book has enriched my professional life, and inspired me to take up training with a film dialog editor, after over ten years of TV work. It was highly educational as well in part because of what I had previously read in the book. Thanks. I'm glad I have a chance to thank you. |
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18th August 2008
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| Gear interested Join Date: Feb 2007
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18th August 2008
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| Gear maniac Join Date: Apr 2003
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| +1 to everything good that has been said about this book. |
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18th August 2008
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: North Hollywood, CA
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| Highly recommended reading Quote:
I wish every film student was required to know this material. | |
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10th November 2009
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| Gear addict Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 367
| I just wanted to give this thread a bump. This book is incredible. Buy it. |
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10th November 2009
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| Gear nut  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: London, UK
Posts: 131
 | got it recently for my birthday. loving it.. |
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