treating a film or a TV show. And for anybody who has had an interest in the technicality and the post-production segment of films, editing perhaps is the most alluring aspect of all.
The film editor is often called the ‘Off-Set Director”, as he is in charge of what happens to the raw reels of footage shot in production. Most often than not, actual shooting of scenes does not happen as scripted in the storyboard. To cut costs and adhere to strict time schedules, shots with common frames are shot together. This also applies to dialogs, where all scenes of each actor are shot in succession. It is then, up to the editor to edit, cut and join each reel of footage and rearrange them in the sequence required by the actual storyboard. Therefore, right from the sound to the aspects of incorporating music in the background, a film or TV production editor is what