Audio Post Production for Television and Film, 3rd Edition

9	Editing Picture and Sound
Hilary Wyatt

An Overview

This chapter follows the path of the location sound through the picture editing process. Decisions made at this stage will significantly affect the work of the sound editors further down the line.

In the last 10 years, computer-based editing has almost completely replaced tape and film editing in professional applications. Editors still choose to cut 35-mm features on film occasionally, usually for creative reasons. Tape-to-tape or linear editing is still used in a limited way in low-budget TV work as well as corporate video, TV promos and some news operations, where a fast turnaround can be achieved by editing tapes straight from the camera. Tape edit suites are also used to conform material ...