"What makes a movie a movie is the editing," says Zach Staenberg in the documentary "The Cutting Edge." Admittedly, Staenberg is an editor, most famously of the "Matrix" movies, but he's not wrong.

Continuity editing is the process of keeping the reality of a scene consistent from shot to shot. Poorly edited footage can leave viewers feeling untethered and confused. This makes continuity editing ...

Film editing translates raw footage into a director’s vision by taking individual shots and transforming them into a cohesive narrative. The postproduction process takes many forms, including linear ...