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Now I don't claim to be an expert on editing and I don't play an editor on TV, but I do know a thing or two about why edits are made. The IMAX editing is an example of editing for time. In the world of Theatre this is done quite often as well. Have you ever seen the entire full length production of Wagner's "Ring" Story? It's something like 4 Operas and about 20 hours long or so. It's very rarely shown in it's entirety since it requires 4 full evenings. So sometimes movies, plays or TV shows are cut because of time limits. CD's used to be edited for time in the early days. There was something like a 90 minute time limit on the early discs and some of them have never been re-released in their complete form. The perfect Example of this is Harry Chapin's "Greatest Stories Live" the original 2 record vinyl version (and cassette tape) had three studio recorded songs in addition to the live recordings. The CD only has one of the studio songs. In fact the follow discloser is printed on the back cover "DUE TO TIME RESTRICTIONS. THE FOLLOWING SONGS INCLUDED IN THE ALBUM PACKAGE ARE NOT INCLUDED ON THIS COMPACT DISC:..." To the best of my knowledge those two songs have yet to see the lazer light of CD.

Of course TV editing for content; language not allowed on TV, or images that are too graphic for certain, mostly children, viewers is another favorite past time for editors. Plus that silly time limit thing again, because of the time needed for commercials. Hmmm lets see 60 minute time slot = 20.6 minutes of the program + 2.4 minutes for the begining and end credits + 2 minutes station ID + 5 minutes for Network programing announcements + 30 minutes worth of commercials or something like that. NEXT.

In the case of movies sometimes there's editing to get a certain rating. That is to get a lower rating to gain a larger potential audience. Thus making more $$$Money$$$ which is what most studios want in the first place.

Speaking of Money, sometimes script edits are made before any filming is done due to the cost. Pre production editing is done quite a lot in the theatre world, not every theatre has the budgets that Broadway has you know.

My final thought(s) on editing is editing for continuity, either to keep it flowing or to edit out something that doesn't go with the flow.

OK so maybe this week wasn't such a good idea, lets edit this bit out and toss in one of the earlier episodes.

Thank You and See Ya! Next Week,

Kirk

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