Definition and Goal of Video Editing
📌 Video editing is the process of manipulating or rearranging video shots to create a new work that aligns with the storytelling narrative.
🎬 Raw footage, regardless of how it was shot (mobile, DSLR, or cinema camera), must be rearranged from its original shooting sequence to construct the final product.
🛠️ The goal is to take available assets and manipulate them to produce a cohesive final piece that fulfills the storytelling requirements.

Types of Video Editing
🎞️ Traditionally, there were three types of editing: Film Splicing, Linear Editing, and Non-Linear Editing (NLE); a fourth type, Live Editing (Library), has been added due to modern live broadcasting.
✂️ Film Splicing involved physically cutting and joining film reels using scissors and often resulted in visible artifacts like dust or distortion at the splice points.
🎛️ Linear Editing was revolutionary but restrictive; it required at least one source player and one recording deck, and content could only be added sequentially; inserting new material or reordering scenes was extremely difficult.
💻 Non-Linear Editing (NLE) emerged in the early 90s with PCs, software, and hardware, allowing for precise control to insert, move, and manipulate footage and add effects, text, and audio treatments instantly.

Live/Library Editing
📺 Live Editing, often used in talk shows or sports broadcasts, involves switching between multiple camera sources in real-time using a vision mixer or switch.
📊 For large-scale events like cricket matches (potentially using 20 to 30 cameras), a large vision mixer is used to instantly cut between live cameras, graphics feeds, and playback content to facilitate live storytelling.

Key Points & Insights
➡️ Video editing fundamentally involves rearranging and manipulating existing shots to construct a new narrative.
➡️ Non-Linear Editing (NLE) offers superior control, allowing editors to insert new sequences or reorder scenes easily, unlike older Linear Editing methods.
➡️ Modern broadcasting heavily relies on Live Editing using vision mixers to switch between numerous sources instantaneously during events.

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