THE EDITING PROCESS

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THE EDITING PROCESS

• THE LAST CHANCE

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KEYS TO EDITING

• Selecting
• Combining
• Trimming
• Adding

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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

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FINAL EDITING

• Film Video
• Conform - On-Line
• Digital edit - Digital Edit
• Audio
• Dub down
• Digital mix
• Multimedia
• Combination of all of the above

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OFF-LINE

• Logging
• Edit Decision List (EDL)
• Digitizing
• Workprint, sound tracks
• Synchronizing
• A/B Rolls

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ON-LINE

• Final editing
• Conforming
• Matching cuts
• Sweetening
• Adding narration
• Adding music, SFX
• Matching EDL

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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

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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