ABSTRACT
Back in the old days the film editor would take the workprint when it returned
from the lab and cut it into pieces. These pieces were individual shots or
sequences of film. The problem with having a huge amount of film on a reel,
which had not been broken down into shots, was that it was unwieldy and time-
consuming to work with. Imagine if the editor of 40 years ago had a machine
that would do that part of the process for them.
