Film editing is both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking. The term is derived from the traditional process of working with film which increasingly involves the use of digital technology. When putting together some sort of video composition, typically, you would need a collection of shots and footages that vary from one another. The act of adjusting the shots you have already taken, and turning them into something new is known as film editing.
A film editor at work in 1946
Screenshot from The Four Troublesome Heads, one of the first films to feature multiple exposures.
Scene from The Great Train Robbery (1903), directed by Edwin Stanton Porter
The original editing machine: an upright Moviola.
Post-production is part of the process of filmmaking, video production, audio production, and photography. Post-production includes all stages of production occurring after principal photography or recording individual program segments.
A video editing suite
A sound control room at Tainted Blue Studios, 2010