New Technology In Production

The initial editing of all films was done with a positive copy of the film negative called a film workprint by physically cutting and pasting together pieces of film, this was done by using a splicer and threading the film on a machine with a viewer. In the past, the use of a film positive allowed the editor to do as much experimenting as they want, without the risk of damaging the original copy. This basically shows how editing was complete 30 years ago.


Digital technology is smaller, more efficient sample of data storage compared to analogue which takes longer to transmit information. There is no need to rely on other machines apart from a computer is which is quite simple to use and special editing softwares such as I-Movie and Avid, all these have revolutionalised the ability to edit films easily. It would be much harder to edit movies 30 years ago as there were no special softwares of this kind available, now more diverse techniques can be used on how to link each scene/shot together to create the perfect movie.

Most or nearly all production companies use this type of editing to create the visual and and audio to suit there films perspective.

Editing has impacted on audiences by helping them to keep them interested in a film, which is done by editing out any unnecessary parts in the film, so scenes do not drag on for a long period of time so that the audience do not get bored. Editing these days have become very simple and easy to use, nowadays anybody can do by having a little practise with a particular software this can allow audiences to create their own films and could also put what they have made into the film industry.