SMPTE Historical Perspective: Film and Videotape Editing: The Process of Conformation

Joseph E. Rooney

Since videotape editing began in 1956 with the introduction of videotape recording, videomakers have tried to pattern their processes after filmmaking, where editing has become an art. Filmmakers, on the other hand, have looked obliquely toward the world of videotape, and have seen transistors, resistors, and invisible images. Now, however, the marketplace demands videotape and the editor must speak time code. This article comments on the evolution of the videotape editing process, and the way in which a merger of creativity and the new technology is becoming a reality.

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Published
1984-02
Content type
Original Research
DOI
10.5594/J03645