FILM EDITING

                   A creative post production process of filmmaking, editing now involves advanced digital devices unlike the past when the process was done with cutting and pasting films using some mechanical devices. Editor selects shots required for the final production from raw footage and combines them in a sequence to make the final movie. An editor’s job requires art and technical skills.


In many ways, film editing becomes an art. It can create sensually provocative montages; become a laboratory for experimental cinema; bring out the emotional truth in an actor's performance; create a point of view on otherwise complex events; guide the telling and pace of a story; create an illusion of danger where there is none; give emphasis to things that would not have otherwise been noted; and even create a vital subconscious emotional connection to the viewer, among many other possibilities.

With the advent of digital technology, digital nonlinear editing system becomes the norm. It is at the editing that the real magic of the film happens. This is where the film comes alive. Because editing is the process of selecting the parts of the shots that are good and serve the needs of the film, eventually discarding the rest.

In editing, there are three essential decision making areas: cutting picture, cutting sound and determining visual effects such as dissolve, fades, etc.