Editing on a Steenbeck

pfista

pfista

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I got to edit on a Steenbeck the other day. Actually splicing the film and handling it was almost therapeutic. I can't imagine editing this way for a feature film though!

 
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Or one of these, which was the kind of editor I first had. I have used manual 16mm editing benches, with a 4 gang syncronizer, a Movieola upright and an Steenbeck flatbed also. I like cutting film, but I don't miss it. Computer based editing is just too convenient and powerful.
 
Agreed, David. I went through a few of those plastic rewind/editors myself. Greatest thing about the digital world is single frame edits (they don't get eaten and spit out by the projector!)...and transitions can be seen rather than imagined through yellow grease pencil lines drawn on the workprint.
 
The fun on a flat bed is cutting with synced sound. Patience, lots, and lots of patience. I do miss the sound of the machine though.
 
Man I don't miss that, I was lucky that in my first year of film school the flatbed editors were still forced on you for one project. In my 2nd year the school was GIVING them away. I nearly ended up with one of them for my kitchen table.
 
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