get these books:
Creative postproduction : editing, sounds, visual effects, and music for film and video / Robert Benedetti ... [et al.]
Publisher Boston : Allyn and Bacon, c2004
Descript. xii, 164 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Motion pictures -- Editing
Video tapes -- Editing
Co author Benedetti, Robert
ISBN 0205375758 (alk. paper)
Author Perkins, Roy
Title British film editors : the heart of the movie / Roy Perkins and Martin Stollery
Publisher London : BFI, 2004
Descript. vi, 240 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Motion pictures -- Great Britain -- Editing -- History
Co author Stollery, Martin
ISBN 1844570088 (pbk.) : £15.99
184457007X : £45.00
Author Orpen, Valerie
Title Film editing : the art of the expressive / Valerie Orpen
Publisher London : Wallflower, 2003
Descript. 138 p. : ill. ; 20 cm
Series Short cuts ; 16
Short cuts (London, England) ; 16
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references
Subject Motion pictures -- Editing
ISBN 1903364531
Author Dancyger, Ken
Title The technique of film and video editing : history, theory, and practice / Ken Dancyger
Edition 3rd ed
Publisher Boston : Focal Press, 2002
Descript. xxv, 463 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Motion pictures -- Editing
Video tapes -- Editing
ISBN 0240804201 (alk. paper)
I pulled these off my school library, you've got to get alot of sources to get one good paper about film editing, or else you'll have a very once sided story of your subject. GL!