Science Fair Project Encyclopedia Film editing is the placing of
one or more shots together in a sequence. The development of
film editing processes When the work print has been cut to a
satisfactory state, it is then used to make a negative cutting
list, which is used by a negative cutter to cut A and B rolls
prior to optical printing to produce the final film print. Since
the film was physically cut and pasted, a 'nonlinear' style of
editing evolved. At the workprint stage, strips of film could be
placed in any order. This approach is generally considered
superior to the strictly linear approach that was necessary in
video editing through the 1970s. A video 'cut' is really the
copying of scenes from various camera tapes onto a master.
Before the development of powerful computer systems that could
store large amounts of visual data for transfer, it was
necessary to make the transfer in strictly linear order. Trying
to insert a shot between two shots already on the master tape
would create noise, etc. A syste