History and Development of Editing

In the early 1900's the method of film making was done with no editing at all, it would just be one reel of tape when the method of cutting came about the editor would have to physically cut up the film and glue it together. This was done by holding each frame up to the light to identify it and then cut and paste them appropriately. 

The Moviola is a machine of editing technology created in 1924. it allowed to operator to have smoother editing and introduced Edge numbering which allowed audio and video synchrony. The machine was slow and was limited, With further developments flatbeds were invented, it consists of two motorised disks, one for picture and one for sound. The plates move simultaneously with one projecting the visual and one for audio. Steenbeck and KEM which stands for Keller-Electro-Mechanik are the two main brands.

This method of editing is called Linear editing, the process of selecting, modifying and arranging the images and sound in a sequence. This method was inexpensive and quicker for smaller editing jobs. The first digital editing consoles were consisting of two minors, the CMX-600. The right monitor on the left was used to display the edited video with the right showing the preview video. In 1991 the Avid 1 was released, atThis is when digital products began to replace the classic editing tools such as the moviola. The editing then became largely computerised and operated in a way the original content isn't modified during the editing. 

Non linear editing is a form of offline editing which is where raw footage is editing without effecting the original taken and it is now the major form of editing. The offline editing is essentially the whole process where the clips are cut together in a way that expresses a story and narrative. 

Film editing is carried out in modern editing software such as final cut and premiere pro allow editors to transfer onto a hard drive. Premiere Lori was the first computer based non-linear editing systems with its first release in 1991. 

 

• https://www.filmcomment.com/article/game-changers-editing
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edwin-S-Porter
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-linear_editing_system