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The Editor Editors either physically splice film together to create different scenes to evoke certain feelings or emotions from the audience, or sit at a desk controlling two video tape decks which are linked up together for the purpose of copying and arranging the original clips from the original tape to a second tape which then becomes the master tape. There is a third category in editors: this group of people sit at desks, but instead of working with analog tape machines they use a computer with editing programs such as Avid MCXpress, or Media100, or even Final Cut Pro or other less superior ‘consumer’ programs. The editor begins with footage on a videotape or compact disc (stored in data format). He then takes the footage and begins to log it, noting down where each scene begins and ends, and thus having a final log book of the TRT (total run time) of the scenes. This speeds up the editing process by not forcing the editor to rewind and fast-forward through the footage to find a certain scene because he does not have a clue where it is. Logging avoids that cluelessness. If the footage is imported from compact disc directly into the editing computer the clips are generally labeled at this time if they aren’t labeled already. Once the footage length and subject matter is determined, the editor begins his creative process of arranging the clips in the order that best fits the mood he is trying to create, or he follows a storyboard already prepared for him by the storyboard person who is trying to create the mood. This can be done by scanning the videotape timecode to the appropriate starting point and punching in the begin time into the edit machine, and then rolling through to the appropriate end time and punching out the ending time code. If using a computer, the clip is simply dragged from the storage window to the timeline window and dropped in the appropriate spot. Computers make this process painless compared to linear editing machines. However, if the editor forgets to save, the computer can become his worst nightmare too. UPS (uninterrupted power supplies) are generally a no-brainer to have connected between the computer and the main power source. These save countless hours of re-editing if the situation of a power failure occurs. Once the editor has set the in and out points on the machine, he then hits the preview button and sees if the points are at the appropriate spots, then if they are he hits the edit button and the final recording process begins. When this process is over, he then punches in the next in and out points and repeats this process until all the desired clips are copied from the footage tape to the master tape. If using a computer, once the editor drags the clips into the timeline and orders them the way he best sees fit, the rough cut editing is finished. He then can either rewind the tape (linear) or drag the curser to the beginning of the timeline (non-linear) and view the rough cut preview that he has just created. Page last updated 8/1/04. |
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