Learning the Basics of Movie Editing
Learning the Basics of Movie Editing
Editing is the final stage in the study of movie making. It is only when you take your finger off the button after the final shot that you can really assess your work, smooth out the rough spots and polish up the good points.
Theoretically, final editing can be dispensed with when you have ideal shooting conditions: complete control and a detailed script. In such cases you can shoot your scenes with such precision that virtually no cutting or editing (the terms can be considered synonymous) will be necessary afterward. This is known as cutting in the camera.
Cutting in the camera, like any state of perfection, can never be more than partly realized. Even in Hollywood, where shooting conditions come nearest to perfect control, there is a colossal amount of wasted footage. Despite minutest care in advance planning, and the
