How to cut film on a Steenbeck
Dawn Trotman and Oliver White explain how they used to edit 16mm film for TV on a Steenbeck. They demonstrate making a cut using some semi-edited rushes, and 'cheat' the cut for a better aesthetic experience. ADAPT (2013-8) is a European Research Council project at Royal Holloway University of London. ADAPT studies the history of technologies in television, focussing on their everyday use in production activities. ADAPT examines what technologies were adopted and why; how they worked and how people worked with them. As well as publishing written accounts, ADAPT carries out ‘simulations’ that reunite retired equipment with the people who used to use it. Participants in these simulations explain how each machine worked and how different machines worked together as an ‘array’; how they adapted the machines; and how they worked together as teams within the overall production process. www.adapttvhistory.org.uk ADAPT TEAM Professor JOHN ELLIS Principal Investigator Dr NICK HALL Postdoctoral Researcher Dr JAMES BENNETT Investigator AMANDA MURPHY Digital Producer ROWAN AUST Doctoral Candidate (Editing practices) TIM HEATH Doctoral Candidate (Sound practices) VANESSA JACKSON (www.pebblemill.org)
