The film editor, at this stage, will need to build a rough cut from the individual takes or shots.

The rough cut will enable the film editor to decide which shots are the best. It is not uncommon for the director to be heavily involved in this process to ensure that most appropriate shots are selected.  To get all the shots to smoothly flow together, trimming is done during this stage.  Trimming shortens the scenes just by a few seconds by reducing the number of frames in the shot.

Once the director and producer have both approved the fine cut, the editor creates a negative cut list, or an edit decision list, from the “locked” picture. [Read more...]