The editor’s role in the film industry is to turn untouched footage into a cohesive finished film, the editors need to understand the directors’ intentions so they can effectively portray them to an audience. They work mainly with cinematographers and sound designers. Editors manage things like camera footage dialogue special effects graphics and sound effects in order to put the film together. Australian film editor, Lee Smith, said “ I think my job in the whole process is to try to keep it as understandable as you can, because there’s nothing worse than a film where the audience gets lost to the point of being disappointed.” in an interview with WTOP. This shows the importance of the editor in a film process, in order to make sense of the story.