Editing is the post production process assembling and constructing a narrative (linear or non- linear) from the scenes that have been shot. It is imported into editing software (as apposed to the old process of actually cutting the film with scissors and piecing it together) and then cut and changed to create a fluid final product. There are many ways in which you can edit a film and today I learnt a few examples of the different ways it can be done.
A good editor is able to take boring and mundane shots and turn them into something that works. There are many things that can be done from Jump cuts to the speed and tempo of the edit that when done right can transform a piece following conventions that turn it into a typical genre. An example of this would be to add tension to the popular spy action thriller James Bond - Goldfinger. With this scene you can see the cuts start of slow but as the laser beam gets nearer and nearer to the protagonist the rhythm of the clips are cut faster and faster together to make the audience uneasy and nervous.
With the shooting ratio of 10:1 for a film and 60 - 100: 1 for a documentary, There is lots of footage that can be adapted and edited into a final edit.
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