Broadcast Engineer's Reference Book

Kit BarrittProfessional ServicesSony Business Europe

4.7 Editing Systems

4.7.1 Introduction

4.7.1.1 Film Editing

All television programmes are edited. Even the earliest live transmissions used more than one camera and switching from one camera to another is a form of editing. However, the term edit is more commonly used to mean a process of compiling previously recorded scenes into a finished programme.

The earliest movies simply recorded an entire event from a single viewpoint as if one were a viewer at that location. It became apparent that it was possible to add impact and make the movie more visually interesting by switching from one viewpoint to another. It is also possible to create effects, such as cutting from an arrow being fired to ...