Task Four: From Analogue to Digital Editing

Task Four: From Analogue to Digital Editing

Analogue editing

Before digital editing was introduced people would have had to edit film the analogue way that is physical editing. Analogue editing is where the film is cut using a splicer, which you would then have to place the pieces of film together physically in the sequence you would want and glue them together. Splicing is used in Analogue editing it allows the editor to cut the film and line the film and place in order and cut the film where they want. After splicing the film would then be glued together.

Video editing 
Before digital technologies became available magnetic tapes were used to store information- these are known as video tapes. Video editing is the process of manipulating and rearranging video shots to create a new work. Moreover video editing is the process of editing segments of motion video production footage, special effects and sound recordings in the post production footage, special effects and sound recordings in the post production process.

Linear editing 
Linear video editing is a process of selection, arranging and modifying images and sound in a pre-determined, ordered sequence- from start to finish. Linear editing is mostly used when working with videotape. Unlike film, video tape cannot be physically cut into pieces to be spliced together to create a new order. Instead, the editor must desired video clip onto a master tape.

How digital editing works(Final cut/Avid/Premier Pro)

Digital editing 
Digital editing is a form of electronic media where data gets stored in digital which is different from analogue form. Digital editing is the use of computers and manipulate digital data. Moreover there is different editing programs such as Adobe Premier, Final Cut pro and Avid.



Non linear editing 
In digital video editing, non linear editing is a method that allows you to access any frame in a digital video clip regardless of sequence in the clip. The freedom to access any frame, and use a cut-and-paste method, similar to the ease of cutting and pasting text in a word processor, and allows you to easily include fades, transitions, and other effects that cannot be achieved with linear  editing.

Pros and cons of analogue and digital editing 
The advantages of analogue editing is that once something is recorded the audio is the stored and archived. Moreover it is a warm and natural sound where everything thats recorded can be recognised very well and it is clear. Moreover if people want it to be private it is very difficult for record company executives to mess with. However the disadvantages of analogue editing is that cheaper recorders suffer from distortion and tape noises, always it is very hard to synchronise the tape.          
Moreover editing of the audio can sometimes be very difficult to be done or sometimes impossible.

The advantages of digital editing is that you can get a better sound for a cheaper equipment, also you can potentially get a very low disturbance and noises. Another advantage is that there is a variety of recorder options such as tape, optical, hard disk and RAM. The audio in digital editing can easily be integrated into multimedia things such as web sites, DVD,games and videos. The disadvantages of digital editing is that computers can crash and data can become corrupt. Also sound quality can be too clinical/cold