7. Cover It Up: Connections, Cutaways, and Storylines

"If FCP X had gotten rid of tracks and made no other paradigm changes, I'd still be an acolyte. Just from that one breakthrough! But instead of stopping there, the team reimagined what non-linear editing could be at every single step, and they got so much of it right. It really is like driving a Tesla while the legacy systems are chugging along in a four-cylinder station wagon. Sure, we'll all get to the same place in the end. But us FCP X drivers are having a lot more fun on the way."

— Michael Yanovich, A.C.E.

M.Y. is a Los Angeles-based editor who works on feature films and TV shows, is a decent guitar player, and totally sucks on drums. But plays them anyway. (FilmYak.com)

We're starting to get somewhere, but there's a long way to go yet. So far, we've got some good video on the timeline, we've put it in the right order, and we've trimmed it down. But...