1. Editing Selecting significant event details and putting them into a specific sequence to tell a story with clarity and impact.

2. Linear Editing Copying sections of the source tapes to the edit master tape in the desired sequence.

3. Linear Editing  You must access material consecutively.

4. Linear Editing  VCR’s are used

5. Linear Editing  Cannot access material randomly

6. EXAMPLE  Video cassette or audio cassette

7. NON-LINEAR EDITING File Management

8. NON-LINEAR EDITING  Randomly access files

9. NON-LINEAR EDITING  Done entirely by computer.  Done entirely by computer.

10. NON-LINEAR EDITING  Can display various camera shots side by side.

11. EDITING FUNCTIONS

12. COMBINE  Simplest kind of editing  Combine various tape segments  Generally in chronological order  Simplest kind of editing  Combine various tape segments  Generally in chronological order

13. EXAMPLE Vacation Video

14. CONDENSE  Reduce overall length  Concentrate on what you need to show and say.  Reduce overall length  Concentrate on what you need to show and say.

15. EXAMPLE News Story

16. CORRECT  Editing to fix production mistakes  Most difficult  Editing to fix production mistakes  Most difficult

17. EXAMPLE Talent mispronounces a word Talent mispronounces a word

18. BUILD  Most satisfying  Build a show from many carefully planned shots  Most satisfying  Build a show from many carefully planned shots

19. EXAMPLE Commercial

20. CONTINUITY EDITING  Creates seamless transitions from one event detail to the next so that the story seems to flow. Not concerned with logic, but how pictures and sound carry over from shot to shot.

21. MENTAL MAP  Preserves the location and motion of objects over a series of shots to help viewer establish & maintain where things should be & where they should move.

22. VECTORS  Graphic, Index & Motion vectors are important to establish and maintain continuity from shot to shot.

23. ON & OFF SCREEN POSITIONS  To maintain on screen positions & vector continuity, cameras must stay on the same side of the vector line. (the 180)