''Schnitt'' (

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

: ''Editing''), also called ''Schnitt - Das Filmmagazin'', was a German language film magazine founded by Nikolaj Nikitin and Oliver Baumgarten in Germany. The magazine was headquartered in

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and was published between 1995 and 2013.

History and profile

''Schnitt'' was started by Nikolaj Nikitin and Oliver Baumgarten in 1995. Baumgarten was also the

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...

of the magazine from its start in 1995 to 2010. The headquarters of the magazine was in Cologne. The magazine, which was published four times a year, focused on the effects of the films on the viewer and on the technical features of the films. It also featured articles about the correlations between films and other

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and

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, including

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as well as on the

history of films The history of film chronicles the development of a visual art, visual art form created using history of film technology, film technologies that began in the late 19th century. The advent of film as an artistic medium is not clearly defined. Th ...

film theory Film theory is a set of scholarly approaches within the academic discipline of film or cinema studies that began in the 1920s by questioning the formal essential attributes of motion pictures; and that now provides conceptual frameworks for und ...

short films A short film is a film with a low running time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of not more than 40 minutes including all credits". Other film o ...

and major figures in the

film industry The film industry or motion picture industry comprises the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking, i.e., film production company, production companies, film studios, cinematography, animation, film production, screenwriting, pre- ...

. Although ''Schnitt'' was published in German, some of its issues were published both in German and English. The magazine ceased publication in 2013.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schnitt 1995 establishments in Germany 2013 disestablishments in Germany Cultural magazines published in Germany Defunct magazines published in Germany Defunct German-language magazines Film magazines Magazines established in 1995 Magazines disestablished in 2013 Mass media in Cologne Quarterly magazines published in Germany

History and profile

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