Transcript -- Essentially the most powerful tool in the edit suite is 'the cut', it can change the mood of the picture.

The Final Cut - for iPod/iPhone

Transcript -- Cutting footage

The Final Cut

Transcript -- A short introduction to this album.

Transcript -- The Final Cut

Ben Harrex describes what is expected of a video editor.

What does a video editor do?

Transcript -- Ben Harrex describes what is expected of a video editor.

Transcript -- What does a video editor do?

Essentially the most powerful tool in the edit suite is 'the cut', it can change the mood of the picture.

Cutting footage

Usually the dissolve is used to show a connection between two locations, Ben Harrex demonstrates how the dissolve can be used as an effect.

Dissolving transitions

Transcript -- Usually the dissolve is used to show a connection between two locations, Ben Harrex demonstrates how the dissolve can be used as an effect.

Transcript -- Dissolving transitions

Cropping and resizing can be used to show multiple images on one screen as well as hiding something from the audience.

Cropping and resizing

Transcript -- Cropping and resizing can be used to show multiple images on one screen as well as hiding something from the audience.

Transcript -- Cropping and resizing

Education

It is often said that a movie comes to life in the edit suite. Ben Harrex of Final Cut post production studios in London discusses five themes with examples; The Cut, The Dissolve, Cropping and Resizing, Titles and The Sound. Ben explains how the video editor has a huge amount of creative control over how the final product looks. This material forms part of The Open University course T215 Communication and information technologies.