Film editing is the art of storytelling and is unique to cinema. An editor is responsible for the cohesion of the story, the mood that each sequence creates, the rhythm of the story, and is one of the most important people in the final process of making the film. The editor monitors the final product to make sure the viewer is seeing the director’s vision. In the early days of filmmaking, an editor using analog film would edit it manually, physically cut each frame, and hot-pieced them together to form a whole. Edwin S. Porter, a professional filmmaker in the early 1900s, is believed to be one of the first in the industry to use and develop the art of editing. He was one of the first to use action editing, assembling different shots and scenes, to make the movie more visually appealing. Today, with advances in technology, film, and with the addition of digital and HD cameras, filmmaking has advanced 180 degrees since the days of Edwin Porter. In the 21st century, film editing ...