The Technique of Film and Video Editing, 5th Edition

 

 

CHAPTER 32

Conclusion

 

This book covers the theory and practice of editing from the beginning to 2010. We have far surpassed the skepticism that Rudolph Arnheim expressed when he said that technological changes such as sound could add nothing to the advancement of the silent film. Sound is now an artful addition to the repertoire of the film experience. This is also true of video.

Although they are different technologies, film and video have begun to merge. Movie screens are now smaller and television screens are larger than they once were, and the film audience is increasingly viewing films on a video format. Movies that were once shot and edited on film are now shot on film and edited on video. Television shows that were once shot on video ...