Assembly Edit

What is the difference between an assembly edit and the first rough cut?

An assembly edit can also be referred to as the 'editors cut' or 'rough cut'. However, the difference between the two is when breaking the rough cut down it has more details which includes an assembly edit. The breakdown of a rough cut is:

1. Digitizing: Ingesting the material into a digital computer allows the video to be handled much more simply than when it is on its original tape
2. Logging: Logging the shot material allows particular shots to be found more easily later
3. Offline editing Video Fx
   1. Initial Assembly: The selected shots are moved from the order they are filmed in into the approximate order they will appear in the final cut.
   2. Rough cut: More shot selection, approximate trimming. The sound is untreated, unfinished, and will require sound editing. Often dialogue and sound effects will be incomplete. Titles, graphics, special effects, and composites are usually represented only by crude placemarkers. Colors are untreated, unmatched, and generally unpleasant.
   3. Final cut: The final sequence of images and sound are selected and put in order.
4. Online editing: The picture and sound quality of the program is adjusted and brought to their optimum levels.
5. Mix: Audio is finished by a specialist with equipment in acoustically-treated rooms.