ABSTRACT
The viewer should enjoy the programme, not the editing. Poor direction saved in the edit suite or great direction not fully realised can produce the same overall result. It is for this reason that popular and successful films tend to win editing awards, even if the editing that went into them was not necessarily the best that year. The craft of editing is knowing exactly where and when to change the picture or sound so that the audience in cinemas, living rooms, kitchens, hotel bedrooms, offices, schools, trains, boats, and planes gain the maximum impact from that choice. If a viewer starts to be aw.
