| The most important aspect of video editing is the | | | | naturally it would not be wise to lay music with |
| telling of the story. Everything that moves the | | | | lyrics under the sequence. Music is a tool that the |
| story forward, makes it more interesting or | | | | editor can employ, but it is important that the |
| enhances it dramatically are tools that every | | | | editor use the right editing tool depending on the |
| video editor should employ. If you compare the | | | | sequence that he, or she, is editing. It is almost if |
| video editing process to a contractor building a | | | | the medical credo should apply to video editing, i.e., |
| house you may begin to see the relationship | | | | first do no harm. |
| between the raw video footage and what the | | | | With that thought in mind, it is the duty of the |
| video editor brings to that footage. The raw | | | | video editor to use only the tools at his disposal |
| footage can be compared to the lumber, | | | | that enhance and move the story forward. Editing |
| concrete, roofing material etc. | | | | video requires the talent to recognize the things |
| The video editor, like the contractor, takes the | | | | that are important to the story, combined with |
| various piles of materials and transforms them | | | | the common sense to know which of the tools at |
| into a house by cutting, nailing pouring etc. That is | | | | the editor's disposal to use in a given situation. |
| precisely the service that the video editor | | | | Straight cuts, dissolves, or other video transitions, |
| performs with the raw footage from the video | | | | music, moves, blowups and color changes are just |
| shoot. Video editing transforms the basic footage | | | | some of the video tools available to the movie |
| into a story with a beginning, middle and an end. | | | | editor while in the video editing process. The wise |
| The quality of the final product is based on the | | | | use of these tools at the correct time separate |
| quality of the raw material, the video footage and | | | | the amateur from the professional video editor. |
| the skill of the video editor. | | | | Once you begin to look at your video footage as |
| The video editor has many tools in his video | | | | part of a story and treat the material as if you |
| editing toolbox. The choices that are open to the | | | | were a master story teller, your video editing will |
| editor depend, to a certain degree, on the video | | | | step up to the next level. The theory behind |
| footage that he is editing. When there is a | | | | video editing is quite simple, first do no harm and |
| dialogue sequence, it is important that you hear | | | | second use only the tools that enhance and move |
| clearly what the participants are saying, so | | | | the story forward. |