Task Four: From Analogue to Digital Editing

Task 4: From Analogue To Digital Editing


Analogue Editing is the use of editing pieces of celluloid film, cutting and sticking together celluloid film was the only way of re-arranging film and cutting clips and placing them elsewhere or otherwise scrapping them

Analogue editing used to be the traditional way of editing, the film had images printed onto the acetate negatives which gave the celluloid film the negative warm look.

Analogue editing is very difficult and requires great skill to make a successful edit, the film couldn't be edited digitally, the only way you could insert/remove footage is by cutting and piecing together the celluloid film and sticking the footage on manually.

The footage was then placed onto a projector, which projected the still images at 24 frames per second which gave the illusion of moving pictures.


Video Editing

A little before digital editing became the desired and standard way of editing, video editing was invented as an improvement as it offered efficiency over Analogue Editing. New video tapes used magnets to store information, these were known as video tapes.
Video editing used special machines designed to piece together film from video tapes. The updated digital editing uses binary, which is basically computer code which includes a string of "010101001" which allows for the use of recording and transmitting data, instead of using chemicals on the piece of film. The process is electronic, so there is no need to splice the footage etc.
The best thing about digital editing, is that you can edit in any order and if you make a mistake, the footage is still digitally stored, meaning your footage is safely stored.




Digital Editing

Digital film is now the norm, it's the most popular and has completely took over any kind of editing, due to the simplicity and speed that you can edit. Digital Editing uses software such as Adobe After FX or Premier Pro that easily allows you to edit your footage without any holdbacks and the software is less time-consuming than video/analogue editing.



Non-Linear Editing

Non-Linear Editing is editing in no specific order, you can work on your film at any sequence, you can produce the end of the film without even starting the beginning. Using software such as Adobe After FX, you're able to create a composition and work at any time of the piece, and you do not need to edit in order. Digital editing is electronic, nothing is physical so you're able to cut pieces and edit film that was recorded last on the camera.