From Analogue to Digital Editing

Task 3:

The pros and cons of analogue film and editing:

Analogue Editing is cutting together of pieces of celluloid film, and these pieces of film are printed on acetate negatives. The pros of Analogue Editing are that people would use this to make longer films and would be able to play 24 frames per second. The cons of Analogue Editing are that it would take a long time to do even a 5 minute film due to the fact that you would have to cut and stick lots of pieces of film together.

'Splicing' is when you cut and stick two or more pieces of film together to create lot of film in one large strip. people would of had to use splicing to make films but then a machine was made called the Maviola that would splice pieces of film together, this was a breakthrough as it meant that films could be made longer.

'Linear Editing' is the process when people would arrange the images and sound to predetermined the ordered sequence. They do this regardless of what order the pieces of film were filmed and whether or not they were filmed by a video camera, tapeless cord or filmed in a television studio.

The pros and cons of Digital Editing:

Digital Editing is a form of electronic media when data is stored in a digital form, it is the use of computers to order and manipulate the digital data. The pros of Digital Editing are that it is fast to do and does not cost a lot of money depending on how long the person takes to film this or if there are any problems during the course of filming. The cons of Digital Editing are that if there are any problems with the filming the person would most likely go over budget due to have to pay for the film space and everyones salaries.

'Non-Linear Editing' is the method that allows you to access any frame in a digital video clip. This gives the person the freedom to access any frame, us a out-and-paste method, this is similar to the ease of cutting and pasting text in a word processor, allows the person to easily include fades, transitions and other effects that cannot be achieved with linear editing.