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Film and Video Editors - 27-4032.00

O*NET-SOC Description

Edit moving images on film, video, or other media. May edit or synchronize soundtracks with images.

Sample of Reported Job Titles

  • Editor
  • Video Editor
  • News Editor
  • Videographer
  • News Video Editor
  • News Videotape Editor
  • Assistant Film Editor
  • Film Editor
  • Non-Linear Editor
  • Online Editor

SOC Occupation Groups

Related Occupations

Tasks

  • Collaborate with music editors to select appropriate passages of music and develop production scores.
  • Conduct film screenings for directors and members of production staffs.
  • Confer with producers and directors concerning layout or editing approaches needed to increase dramatic or entertainment value of productions.
  • Cut shot sequences to different angles at specific points in scenes, making each individual cut as fluid and seamless as possible.
  • Determine the specific audio and visual effects and music necessary to complete films.
  • Develop post-production models for films.
  • Discuss the sound requirements of pictures with sound effects editors.
  • Edit films and videotapes to insert music, dialogue, and sound effects, to arrange films into sequences, and to correct errors, using editing equipment.
  • Estimate how long audiences watching comedies will laugh at each gag line or situation, to space scenes appropriately.
  • Manipulate plot, score, sound, and graphics to make the parts into a continuous whole, working closely with people in audio, visual, music, optical or special effects departments.
  • Mark frames where a particular shot or piece of sound is to begin or end.
  • Organize and string together raw footage into a continuous whole according to scripts or the instructions of directors and producers.
  • Piece sounds together to develop film soundtracks.
  • Program computerized graphic effects.
  • Record needed sounds, or obtain them from sound effects libraries.
  • Review assembled films or edited videotapes on screens or monitors to determine if corrections are necessary.
  • Review footage sequence by sequence to become familiar with it before assembling it into a final product.
  • Select and combine the most effective shots of each scene to form a logical and smoothly running story.
  • Set up and operate computer editing systems, electronic titling systems, video switching equipment, and digital video effects units to produce a final product.
  • Study scripts to become familiar with production concepts and requirements.
  • Supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in film editing, assembling, and recording activities.
  • Trim film segments to specified lengths, and reassemble segments in sequences that present stories with maximum effect.
  • Verify key numbers and time codes on materials.

Detailed Work Activities

  • achieve special lighting or sound effects
  • assess script quality
  • confer with other departmental heads to coordinate activities
  • convey moods or emotions through music
  • create art from ideas
  • develop movie sound track
  • direct and coordinate activities of workers or staff
  • distinguish details in graphic arts material
  • edit video film scenes
  • give direction in audio recording studio
  • identify color or balance
  • install or set up equipment
  • interpret information to formulate story ideas
  • make decisions
  • measure and mark reference points or cutting lines on workpieces
  • operate audio-visual equipment
  • operate film or sound editing equipment
  • operate recording or broadcast studio controls
  • operate special visual effects equipment
  • organize commercial artistic or design projects
  • organize story elements
  • review assembled film or video tape on monitor
  • review film, recordings, or rehearsals
  • tell stories through musical, visual, or dramatic arts
  • use computer graphics design software
  • use creativity in graphics
  • use creativity to art or design work
  • use graphic arts techniques
  • use knowledge of multi-media technology

Military Crosswalk Titles

  • Combat Camera Chief (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Combat Videographer (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Video Apprentice (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Video Craftsman (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Video Helper (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Video Journeyman (Air Force - Enlisted)

Apprenticeship Crosswalk Titles

  • Film or Videotape Editor

DOT Crosswalk Titles

  • Film or Videotape Editor
  • Optical-Effects Layout Person
  • Sound Cutter
  • Supervising Film-or-Videotape Editor