Definition for Film Editing
From Biology Forums Dictionary
involves the following: • Raw footage – all the photographed images made during production • Cuts and splices – the selected shots and the joining of those shots • Continuity and pacing – the smooth flow and timing of shots, not too slow and not too fast • Rough cut – the first draft of the film • Final film – as distributed in theaters
Film Editor’s Tasks: • Decides which shots to keep and which to cut • Determines where shots should begin and end so that the story flows • smoothly and the pacing, or timing, is neither too slow nor too fast • Determines the best order in which to arrange the shots according to the film’s three act structure • Determines the type of transition between shots or scenes so that the shots and scenes flow smoothly one to the other.
