July 9, 2013 | by Ellen Donnelly

What is Editing? (Photos)

Film editing is part of the creative post-production process of filmmaking.

Neil Shrestha- Editing is the process of fixing, revising, or changing your work.

Mike Meehan- Editing is putting the clips together and making them look better.

There are several editing stages and the editor’s cut is the first.

David Cantillo- Editing is the process of making raw footage into a completed, well-thought-out story/video.

Ramsay Burgess- Editing is when you take all the pieces of the documentary (video, audio, graphics, etc.) and put them together to form a story.

An Editor’s Cut of a motion picture is made by the film editor on his/her own, or working with the film director. The editor tapes together the first cut of the film, the “editor’s cut”, arranging the separate takes into a coherent story according to the plan communicated by the director.

Charlotte Tell- Editing is making movies and film better by taking things out that don’t fit and making it better.

Miranda Solomon- Editing is post production and putting together your story.

The rough cut is the second of three stages of offline editing. The rough cut is the first stage in which the film begins to resemble its final product. Rough cuts do not flow well and still undergo many changes before the release of the film.

Monique Costa- Editing is the adjusting and changing of footage.

Madeleine Tell-Editing is telling a story.

A director’s cut is a specially edited version of a film, that is supposed to represent the director‘s own approved edit. ‘Cut’ explicitly refers to the process of film editing: the director’s cut is preceded by the rough editor’s cut and followed by the final cut meant for the public film release.