[Frameworks] Linear film editing

[Christopher Ball]

I remember doing sound mixing with 4 U-matic machines, running them all
together until they drifted out of sync while mixing audio.  I also editing
running 2 U-matics together and punching in on the record machine when I
wanted the cut to happen.  What a difference now.  Mind you, film editing
was not hard and puts you in a much better headspace than computer editing.

Christopher

On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 9:34 PM Colinet André <colinet.andre at coditel.net>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> of course you are right with this approach.
>
> I’m talking about another definition of “non-linear” which is also
> correct.
>
> Anyhow I made a lot of linear analogue video editing and every time you
> had to copy to start a new version until the quality was so bad you had to
> go back to the originals with the timecodes.
>
>
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> *Van: *Adam Hyman <adam at lafilmforum.org>
> *Verzonden: *vrijdag 30 november 2018 2:04
> *Aan: *Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>
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> *Onderwerp: *Re: [Frameworks] Linear film editing
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>
> Hi,
>
>
>
>  I learned in film school during the transition period that what Dave says
> is correct
>
> Editing with celluloid is non-linear; early video editing was linear due
> to the assembly reason that Dave describes; non-linear digital editing was
> a return to the non-linear editing of celluloid.
>
> We could have a poll though.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
>
>
> Adam
>
>
>
> *From: *FrameWorks <frameworks-bounces at jonasmekasfilms.com> on behalf of
> Colinet André <colinet.andre at coditel.net>
> *Reply-To: *"Experimental Film Discussion List <
> frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>" <frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>
> *Date: *Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 4:44 PM
> *To: *"Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>"
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> *Subject: *Re: [Frameworks] Linear film editing
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>
>
> *I don’t agree with Dave.*
>
> *Linear editing means physical linear structuring of film or video
> footage.*
>
> *Non linear editing means virtual editing of footage because it’s only a
> editing list with software.*
>
> *All the best !!*
>
> *Colinet André*
>
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> *Van: *Dave Tetzlaff <djtet53 at gmail.com>
> *Verzonden: *donderdag 29 november 2018 22:50
> *Aan: *Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>
> *Onderwerp: *Re: [Frameworks] Linear film editing
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>
>
> > I'm interested in 'linear film editing', as in cutting and splicing film
> at an edit bench or Steenbeck or however you do it.
>
>
>
> That’s not linear editing. Physical film editing is non-linear, which
> means you can edit anywhere in the piece you want by winding the reels to
> that spot. Linear editing was how editing in VIDEO was performed
> pre-computerization. That is, you had to add each shot sequentially from
> beginning to to end, in that order, and once you got to, say, shot 5, you
> couldn’t go back and trim the cut between 1 and 2 without starting over.
>
>
>
> Needless to say, linear editing is a pain in the ass, and anyone who had
> ever editied film found it extremely frustrating and limitiing. Thus
> non-linear video editing was invented by commercial filmmakers after video
> became integrated into feature film produstion via special effects and
> ‘workprinting’. For example, one of the earliest experimental systems, the
> Editdroid, was built by Lucasfilm in the early ‘80s. In fact, before the
> term ‘non-linear editing’ came into common use in the 1990s, these systems
> were called ‘electronic film editing’, because they gave editors working
> with video footage the same flexibility that physical film editing had
> always offered.
>
>
>
> You have checked your definitions before creating your survey…
>
>
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-linear_editing_system#History
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