Assembly Edit
An Assembly edit means
that all of the imported clips should be arranged in a chronological and linear
order, before any editing commences. The rationale behind an assembly edit,
will allow the editor to view all of the raw footage and listen to the audio
collected for each scene. Several individual shots will contain very similar
footage and the editor will decide which shot compliments the scene to tell the
best view of the story.
Once the editor has arranged the best possible linear
assemble edit, it becomes the basis of a storyboard in a digital format and
this is then viewed by the director, who will evaluate its effectiveness
against the scripts and the pre-constructed final storyboard. In some cases
there is insufficient representation and the director will insist on a re-shoot of a particular scene or individual shot that may have lacked sufficient
lighting or a misplaced prop.
An example of the chronological and linear order of my assembly edit.
A screen shot of my assembly edit time line.
