history of editing

in 1924, the moviola was invented by Iwan Serrurier and was the only editing system throughout until the sixties. it allows the film editor to view a film while editing and was the first machine for motion picture editing. 

the company moviola is loacted in hollywood. it allowed editors to study individual shots in their cutting rooms, to determine more precisely the best place to cut the shot. 

the vertical oriented moviola's were the standard for film editing in the US until the 1970s when horizontal flatbed editor systems became more common.

this is the flatbed editing system used to edit film for a motion picture. the most common brands is steenback and K-E-M, both of which were invented in germany in the 1930s. 

the picture is shot on film while the sound is recorded separately. when the editor finds a point to cut from one shot into another, he marks it on both picture and sound rolls, then makes the cut and splices in the next shot.

linear editing is the process of making cuts and edits on film. it must be done sequentially in order to create a final film print of an edited piece. it is necessary for the film format and had been the only way to edit until computers came into prominence for post production. 

non-linear editing is a non-destructive editing process. it is achieved by loading the material into the computer from analogue or digital tapes. the editing process creates a new 'tape' by storing all the commands entered by the operator. 

during the 1970s, CMX systems were a huge boost within the editing industry. it gave editors more freedom in how they edit. 

from 199, new editing softwares allowed people to edit their own films from home such as Adobe. since then, higher quality softwares have been introduced such as Final cut pro , purchased by apple in 1999.