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When a film is acclaimed, the director usually gets the lion’s share of the credit. Yet the movie director’s job-especially the collaborations and compromises it involves-remains little understood. T …

Most moviegoers think of editing and special effects as distinct components of the filmmaking process. We might even conceive of them as polar opposites, since effective film editing is often subtle …

It was during the teens that filmmaking truly came into its own. Notably, the migration of studios to the West Coast established a connection between moviemaking and the exoticism of Hollywood. The e …

The expert contributors together trace how the arts of editingand effects have evolved in tandem, starting with the ‘trick films’of the early silent era, which astounded audiences by splicingin or ed …

The expert contributors together trace how the arts of editingand effects have evolved in tandem, starting with the ‘trick films’of the early silent era, which astounded audiences by splicingin or ed …