THE EDITING PROCESS THE LAST CHANCE

KEYS TO EDITING  Selecting  Combining  Trimming  Adding

PRELIMINARY EDITING  Film Video –Rough cut - Off Line –Work print - Computer  Audio –Dub to multi-track –Computer or physically cut  Multimedia –Combination of all of the above

FINAL EDITING  Film Video –Conform - On-Line –Digital edit - Digital Edit  Audio –Dub down –Digital mix  Multimedia –Combination of all of the above

OFF-LINE  Logging  Edit Decision List (EDL)  Digitizing  Workprint, sound tracks  Synchronizing  A/B Rolls

ON-LINE  Final editing  Conforming  Matching cuts  Sweetening  Adding narration  Adding music, SFX  Matching EDL

LINEAR vs. NON-LINEAR  Linear –Consecutive order –Cannot insert without changing length –Can only over-lay shots, sound –Must re-do from point of change  Non-linear –Film always has been non-linear –All footage in digital memory –Shots actually dubbed when editing completed

AESTHETICS  Realism –Maintain continuity –Removes errors  Modernism –Deliberately disrupts space, time, place –Draws attention to editing techniques  Post Modernism –Evokes emotional response –Mixes modes, effects, techniques