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film editing
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creative and technical post-production processing of film
Film editing is the creative and technical work that happens after filming is done, where footage is selected, arranged, and refined to shape the final movie. It matters because editors use these tools to control pacing, build emotion, and tell the story in the most compelling way possible.
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Within Vinony's link graph, film editing is referenced by 2,350 other articles, and connects out to 180-degree rule, history of film and time-lapse.
It is catalogued under topics including Cinematic techniques, Film and video technology and Film editing.
Its subject is documented across 60 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- academic discipline
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- editing
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- Commons category
- Film editing
- topic's main category
- Category:Film editing
- practiced by
- film editor
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- different from
- video clip
- topic has template
- Template:Film Editing
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A film editor at work in 1946
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