Moviola

A Moviola is a device that allows a film editor to view a film tape whilst editing the fim. This was the first machine for motion picture editing, it was invented by Iwan Serrurier in 1924. The concept of this machine in 1917 was a home movie projecter to be sold to members of the public. The device name came from the Name 'Victrola'. There was very few Moviolas sold as it cost around $600 in 1920 which is equivalent to £20,000 in the 2000s. The first Moviola was sold to Douglas Fairbank. The Moviola allowed editors to study individual shots in their cutting rooms, thus to determine more precisely where the best cut-point might be. The vertically oriented Moviolas were the standard for film editing in the United States until the 1970s, when horizontal flatbed editor systems became more common.

Steenbeck

Steenbeck is a brand name that has become synonymous with a type of flatbed film editing suite which is usable with both 16 mm and 35 mm optical sound and magnetic sound film.^[1]

The Steenbeck company was founded in 1931 by Wilhelm Steenbeck in Hamburg, Germany. Since then, the name Steenbeck has become widely known in the film editing community^{[citation needed]} and more than 25,000 machines are in operation around the world.^{[citation needed]} The company relocated to Venray (The Netherlands) in September 2003, where it still manufactures editing tables.^[2]

Despite the move away from physical film stock – much editing is now based on digital media – devices such as the Lightworks non-linear film editing controller and archives still use the Steenbeck physical layout for controlling the process. The Steenbeck's lower light levels and controllable speed make it a preferred piece of equipment for film archives (such as the Library Of Congress' motion picture collection) and restoration facilities as prints can be quickly and easily inspected with less risk of damage compared to a movie projector. Because there is no intermittent movement, the image is created through a rotating prism which scans the frames. Steenbeck machines were known to be exceptionally easy on film stock, due to their use of soft-edged nylon rollers.