From the Introduction to Cut by Cut
Just as every movie has a beginning, middle, and end, so does the process of making a movie. You begin the journey in pre production when you write a script or a documentary outline. You continue the journey in production when you film the actors or shoot your documentary. You complete your journey in post production by taking the raw (shot) material and making it into a finished project.
Post production, commonly called editing, determines how the movie will turn out despite or because of what you’ve planned. Editing writes the end of the story.
Your project can be a drama, documentary, comedy, music video, web short, commercial; anything of any length that you wish to have people view in a theatre, on TV, on their home entertainment system, or via the Web. This book escorts you through the editing process from dailies to destination.
Change Note
Definition: A change to a film or video made by the picture editor included on a list of changes given to the sound editor, film conformer, or negative cutter.
Change note is not only an editing term but it also describes the current state of the editing world: We’re in the midst of a digital technological revolution that annually changes the editorial landscape. Each year new digital editing systems come out, established systems upgrade their software significantly, and new file and tape formats and digital processes are developed, altering film’s grip.
There is one constant in this ramped up world: An editor needs eyes, ears, a heart, and a sense of structure to put footage together into a compelling whole. Cut by Cut strives with all sense and senses to support the editor in this endeavor .
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