Editing

Editing

Film editing is part of the creative post-production process of film making. The term film editing is derived from the traditional process of working with film, but it now it increasingly involves the use of digital technology.  

The film editor works with the raw footage, selecting shots and combining them into sequences to create a finished motion picture. Film editing is the art of assembling shots into a coherent sequence. The editors job is not just to mechanically put pieces of a film together, cut off film slates or edit dialogue scenes. A film editor must creatively work with the layers of images, story, dialogue, music, pacing as well as the actors performances to effectively "re-imagine" and even rewrite the film to craft a cohesive whole. Editors usually play a dynamic role in the making of the film. 

With the advent of digital editing, film editors and their assistants have become responsible for many areas of film making that used to be the responsibility of others. For instance, in past years, picture editors dealt only with just that—picture. Sound, music, and (more recently) visual effects editors dealt with the practicalities of other aspects of the editing process, usually under the direction of the picture editor and director. However, digital systems have increasingly put these responsibilities on the picture editor. It is common, especially on lower budget films, for the assistant editors or even the editor to cut in music, mock up visual effects, and add sound effects or other sound replacements. These temporary elements are usually replaced with more refined final elements by the sound, music, and visual effects teams hired to complete the picture.