The Assistant Editor uses the Serendipity Editing Algorithm invented by Intelligent Assistance, Inc. to automate the production of technically competent fast first cuts, ready for an editor to polish and finish.
Using the log notes made in Final Cut Pro, The Assistant Editor builds stories based on the story keywords you’ve entered in Final Cut Pro. Story keywords can be combined and rearranged to produce a different version of the story from The Assistant Editor. It works well as an interactive tool with Final Cut Pro: explore an edit, then do a different version, or try a different duration.
Being able to produce fast first cuts so quickly:
And it doesn't require any more logging than you'd do for a documentary!
The edits produced by The Assistant Editor are designed as a fast first cut. They are competently edited, with a story arc and appropriate use of B-roll and lower third titles for on-camera interviews. They are not expected to be emotionally compelling nor release grade “finished”. The Assistant Editor behaves as a beginner editor, not a craft professional who knows how to manipulate motion and tell a story across the whole documentary.