AS1: Task 3: From Analogue to Digital Editing
Analogue Editing
Analogue editing is the cutting together of pieces of
celluloid film. Traditionally films are made up images printed are to acetate
negatives. These are then ‘spliced’ together to form a reel of film. These are
then feed through a projector at a constant speed of 24 frames a second appear
to be moving. This is known as analogue.
The First Moviola
Before the widespread use of non-linear editing systems, the
initial editing of all films was done with a positive copy of the film negative
called a film work print (cutting copy in the UK) by physically cutting and
passing together pieces of films, using a splicer and threading the film on a
machine with a viewer such as a Moviola.
Video Editing
Video editing is the process of editing segments of motion
video production footage, special effects and sound recordings in the
post-production process. Before digital technologies became available magnetic
tapes were used to store information – these known as video tapes. Most video
editing has been superseded by digital editing which is faster and cheaper.
Digital Editing
Digital media is a form of electronic media where data is
stored in digital (as opposed to analogue) form. Digital editing is the use of
computers to order and manipulate this digital data. Digital cinema uses bits
and bytes (strings of 1s and 0s) to record, transmit and reply images, instead
of chemicals on film. The whole process is electronic so there is no printing
or ‘splicing’ involved.
Non-linear editing
In digital video editing, non-linear editing is a method
that allows you to access any frame in a digital video clip regardless of
sequence in the clip. The freedom to access any frame, and use the cut and
paste method, similar to the ease of cutting and pasting text in a word
processor, and allows you to easily include fades, transitions and other
effects that cannot be achieved with linear editing.
