We definitely used to enjoy that and get involved in the story and start picturising ourselves in place of some character in the story. We start picturising more and more in our mind as we get involved more into the story.

1. Role of Film Editing
We definitelyusedtoenjoythatandgetinvolvedinthe storyandstart picturisingourselvesinplace of
some character inthe story. We start picturising more andmore inour mindas we get involvedmore
intothe story.That leadsusto believe more andmore inthe fiction.The same conceptappliestothe
filmsormovies.The people makingthe filmare tryingtoexpressorlet'ssaycommunicate aspecific
message tothe audience.Of course the mediumisrichandit becomesabit easierthanthe grandma's
processbut the essence remainsthe same,totell astoryinthe bestpossible way.
architectural interpretation (di?nh?aki?ntrúc)
So whatexactlyisa film?Well afilmormovie isagaina storytoldwithmovingimages,hence the term
motionpicture appliestofilms.Thisisachievedbycapturingphotographicimageswithcameras.Most
of uswouldhave useda camerato capture imagesinourdailylife.It'sthe same thing.The only
difference isinafilmthe imagesare capturedinsequence.Like ahorse gallopingcapturedinaseriesof
photographstoshowthe full movement.Thisexperimentwasdone by EadweardMuybridge in1877,
the firstevermotionpicture.
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He usedmultiplestillcamerastocapture how a horse gallops.ButItwas Edisonwhoinventedthe first
everfilmcameratoemploymovingimagescalledthe Kinetograph.In1890 the firstfilmstripmade was
dubbed"StrongmanSandow"which wasjustaguy flexinghismuscles.Althoughbefore thatEdison
experimentedwithtwofilmsMonekyshinesNo.1(1890) and MonkeyshinesNo.2(1890). None of the
themwere meanttobe seenbythe publicas Edisonwasjusttryingto testthe cylinderof the
Kinetograph.

2. Phew!that'senoughof the historyfornow:D
ComputerAnimationisalsousedformakingafilmormotionpicture.The seriesof imagescapturedby
camera or createdviaanimationorvisual effectsare calledframes.Normallyittakesabout 24 framesto
capture or create one secondof smoothmotion.24 frames/secondisthe standardvideoformatfornon
linearvideoediting.
The whole processof producinga filmiscalledFilmmakingorfilmproduction.Thisprocessinvolvesa
lotof people todeliverthe filmfromthe initial storyorideatoa full lengthmotionpicture.
Some of themare Scriptwriter,Producer,Director,Cinematographer,Actor,Editor,Compositorand
manymore.As I saidit's a huge teameffortandnot a piece of cake.Unlike manyotherart editingisthe
onlyone that isunique tofilmproductionseparatingfilmmakingfromotherartforms if comparedto
photography,theater,directingetc.
So What isEditing?
Editingmeans"correcting,revising,oradapting"ingeneral.It'sverymuchthe same infilmmaking.In
filmmakingthe processof selectinggood shotsandlatercombiningthemtoproduce the final filmor
movie iscalledFilmediting.Editingisthe onlyartthat issaidto be invisible because whenit'sdone
properlythe viewerorthe consumergetsengagedsodeeplythats/he can'tevennotice the editors
work.Filmeditingcandomiracleswithashot. Throughfilmeditingwe canslow downascene,speedit
up,change the mood,change the pointof view anywayinwhichwe wantto present.Total control,now
that's awesome.
Who isresponsible?
The personresponsibleforthe editingjobina movie iscalledaFilmEditor.He normallyworkswith
otherasst. editorsandjunioreditorstocomplete the task.Althoughthe wholeeditingteamworksfor
the filmstorytellingthe filmeditororthe chief editoristhe one withhuge responsibilities.S/he is
almostthe seconddirectorof the filmbecause s/he isthe one whoultimatelydecideswhichshotsto
keepandwhichto omit.The firstassembledfilmprovidedbythe editorsaftereditingiscalledthe
Editor'scut. It's the veryfirstcut before twomore cuts(Director'scutand Final cut) producingthe final
version.The editorworksverycloselywiththe filmdirectorstounderstandwhatthe directorswantand
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3. Why isit necessary?
Well there are manyreasons.Let'ssay, if yougot a plate full of differentitemstoeatbutyou don'tlike
any of thembecause let'ssaytheyare notspicyand you like spicyfood,don'tyou?Now saywhatwill
youdo? Will youeatit? Certainlynot.Nomatterwhatkindof foodit isyou will justkeepitaside.It'sthe
same here,if youwill notfinda movie appealingenoughtoyouthan youwill simplynotsee it.The poor
producerand financierswill suffer.Editoraddsthatlittle bitof spice inneededamounttomake the
whole filmmakingcurryspicyorappealingtothe viewer.Sothat'sthe kindof responsibilityaeditor
possessandthat makesan Editorreallynecessarytoafilmmakingprocess.
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