AS1: Task 4: From Analogue to Digital Editing

Analogue to digital editing 

Analogue editing

There are many pros and cons to both analogue editing and digital editing. Analogue editing is cutting together pieces of celluloid film and then sticking them together. When the editing is finished and all the pieces of film is stuck together, the celluloid film is then fed through a projector at a constant speed of 24 frames a second which makes the picture appear to move. there was no way of seeing what you was editing whilst actually editing you had to wait until you think you have finished and then watch it back on a projector. In 1924 a engineer called Iwan Serrurier invented a machine called the Moviola. This machine changed the art of editing massively. This was the first device that allowed you to see the film whist editing. Even to this day when digital editing is popular and easier there are still very famous directors that still use it, such as Steven Spielberg and Quentin Tarantino. These directors are very well known and known as the best directors ever yet they still use film to film, Quentin Tarantino has used film for every single one of his films:

• Reservoir Dogs.
• Pulp Fiction.
• Jackie Brown.
• Kill Bill. Volume 1. Volume 2. The Whole Bloody Affair.
• Death Proof.
• Django Unchained.
• The Hateful Eight

He still uses film because he thinks it looks better and even his modern films are used with film. When editing film you have to edit it from start to finish in order, which is called linear editing.

The advantages of analogue editing are:

• Non-linear which means that you can start editing from the end to beginning.
• Its not done on a computer which means that it is safer because there is a lesser risk of footage being damaged or corrupt. 

Disadvantages of analogue editing:

• Takes longer and requires skill to master.
• If a mistake happens, you cannot fix it.
• Equipment is heavy and very expensive.
• Difficult to edit the action or cut out the film.

Digital editing

Digital editing is a form of electronic media where data are stored in digital form. Digital editing is the use of computers to manipulate the digital data. There are many different editing programmes that you can use: Adobe premier pro, Avid, Final cut pro. these are only the main ones there are many more. Most people use Avid but adobe premier is the easiest one to use because it is simple.

Advantages of Digital editing:

• Easy to use;
• Cheaper to use;
• Quicker to use;
• Record in any order as well as in editing you can place it in any order;
• You can watch other videos to help with your editing.

Disadvantages of digital editing:

• Beginners could find it hard;
• Piracy;
• The program can crash so the work could get lost.

Video editing
Video Editing is the process of editing segments of these tapes using a device that puts pieces of the video tape together mechanically. The film has to be edited in the correct order, this is called linear editing.


Some people use Non-linear editing, this is editing in any order. You can edit a sequence from the end of the film and you didn't have to start editing from the first scene of the film. an advantage of this is much quicker therefore making it much cheaper and the biggest pro is that you can edit digitally in any order. On the other hand, Digital Editing is not good because its a part of a hard drive where the files can be copyrighted and stolen by other film companies. this is a video to explain how to edit videos using the Linear editing style.