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Job Description
Edit moving images on film, video, or other media. May edit or synchronize soundtracks with images.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 27-4032.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 82,190.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 39.00
- Currently, there are 29,880 people on this job
Also Known As…
- Videographer
- Video Editor
- Online Editor
- Non-Linear Editor
- News Videotape Editor
- News Video Editor
- News Editor
- Film Editor
- Editor
- Assistant Film Editor
- Visual Effects Editor (VFX Editor)
- Video Tape Transferrer
- Video Tape Editor
- Video Tape Duplicator
- Video News Editor
- Video Effects Editor
- Television Producer
- Television News Video Editor
- Tape Editor
- Supervising Producer
- Supervising Film or Videotape Editor
- Special Effects Designer
- Sound Cutter
- Production Manager
- Producer
- Optical Effects Layout Person
- Offline Editor
- Multimedia Artist
- Movie Editor
- Graphic Engineer
- Graphic Artist
- Film or Videotape Editor
- Film Editor Supervisor
- Electronic News Gathering Editor (ENG Editor)
- Director
- Digital Media Coordinator
- Digital Editor
- Cue Selector
- Commercial Producer
- Associate Producer
Tasks for “Film and Video Editors”
- 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.
- Estimate how long audiences watching comedies will laugh at each gag line or situation to space scenes appropriately.
- Conduct film screenings for directors and members of production staffs.
- Select and combine the most effective shots of each scene to form a logical and smoothly running story.
- Confer with producers and directors concerning layout or editing approaches needed to increase dramatic or entertainment value of productions.
- Edit films and videotapes to insert music, dialogue, and sound effects, to arrange films into sequences, and to correct errors, using editing equipment.
- Review assembled films or edited videotapes on screens or monitors to determine if corrections are necessary.
- Organize and string together raw footage into a continuous whole according to scripts or the instructions of directors and producers.
- Set up and operate computer editing systems, electronic titling systems, video switching equipment, and digital video effects units to produce a final product.
- Mark frames where a particular shot or piece of sound is to begin or end.
- Review footage sequence by sequence to become familiar with it before assembling it into a final product.
- Study scripts to become familiar with production concepts and requirements.
- Record needed sounds or obtain them from sound effects libraries.
- Piece sounds together to develop film soundtracks.
- Determine the specific audio and visual effects and music necessary to complete films.
- Collaborate with music editors to select appropriate passages of music and develop production scores.
- Program computerized graphic effects.
- Develop post-production models for films.
- Discuss the sound requirements of pictures with sound effects editors.
- Trim film segments to specified lengths and reassemble segments in sequences that present stories with maximum effect.
- Supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in film editing, assembling, and recording activities.
- Verify key numbers and time codes on materials.
- Cut shot sequences to different angles at specific points in scenes, making each individual cut as fluid and seamless as possible.
Related Technology & Tools
- Laptop computers
- Digital video disk DVD recorders
- YouTube.com
- Personal computers
- Video patch bays
- Audio patch bays
- Digital video editing systems
- Network routers
- Desktop computers
- Apple DVD Studio Pro
- Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Suite
- Adobe Systems Adobe Flash Player
- Apple Final Cut Pro
- Brightcove
- Apple Xsan
- Avid Digidesign Pro Tools
- Avid Technology
- Windows Media Services
- Autodesk Maya for Design Visualization
- Cascading Style Sheets CSS
- Web browser software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Cloud
- Microsoft Word
- Apple QuickTime
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Adobe Systems Adobe Premiere Pro
- Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator
- AJAX
- Adobe Systems Adobe Director
- Hypertext markup language HTML
- Google Video
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- JavaScript
- Adobe Systems Adobe AfterEffects
- Adobe Systems Adobe After Effects
- Microsoft Excel
- RSS
- Extensible markup language XML
- Sorenson Media Sorenson Squeeze
- YouTube
- Boris FX Continuum Complete
- Autodesk Smoke