Why didn’t the editor show up to the Adobe protest?

He wasn’t an Avid supporter.

Editing is a multilayered creative process. The editor is important in this process, and can be crucial to the outcome of the project. Individual takes are assembled from dailies to create scenes, and scenes are assembled to make acts, and acts are assembled make a show, all according to the blueprint provided by the script.

Many variables are considered when choosing shots. Being familiar with all of the clips or footage, the editor considers the director’s notes, the performances, the look of the shots, visual coverage and the pace of storytelling. They choose the better takes of each scene to create the first picture cut, called the editor’s ...

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