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In a large-scale production, editor doesn’t work alone. Just like any other department, they have a team which consists of: 1 st Assistant editor 2 nd Assistant editor On-set editor (who deals with assembly card) They can also have a post-production supervisor who is the head of all process that happens during post-production and is responsible of getting everything done in time. To guarantee the film stays on schedule, a post-production supervisor will have to deal with the following people: Supervising sound editor Editor Music composer Online editor VFX Supervisor Editing is indirectly introduced at the same time as matte painting. We might be more familiar with the term “rotoscoping”. In older times, the negative side is filled with part of the picture that is underexposed (transparent). Some techniques used in early moving picture that contributes to current editing techniques are as mentioned below: George Melies , A Trip to the Moon : theatrical, fade in - fade out, single sho...

Before I went to film school, I thought I knew what editing was, until I finally came to an understanding that editing is so much more than just “cutting pieces and sticking some of it together into a new piece” and then voila—you have created a masterpiece! Nope, one thing I learned from my lecturer who taught basic editing is that editing is not a tool, but rather more of a sense or a way of thinking, a very specific and unique way to tell a story that not everybody has. He said that everyone can (or at least learn to) operate an editing software, but that doesn’t make a good editor. It’s about how you operate those. It’s about how you tell your story. 1.1 Illustration of Editing source: unsplash.com So, yes, editing for motion picture is indeed the process of organizing, reviewing, selecting, and assembling the picture and sound footage captured during production. Meaning that it is the editor’s responsibility to put the pieces together in order to create a compelling story, based o...