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An editor organizes and strings together raw footage into a continuous story according to scripts or director's instructions. They trim segments to specified lengths, determine audio and visual effects, and assemble sequences to present stories with maximum effect. Editors cut between different camera angles, mark where shots begin and end, and review footage to become familiar with it before final assembly. They confer with producers and directors on approaches to increase dramatic value.

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Filmandvideoeditor

An editor organizes and strings together raw footage into a continuous story according to scripts or director's instructions. They trim segments to specified lengths, determine audio and visual effects, and assemble sequences to present stories with maximum effect. Editors cut between different camera angles, mark where shots begin and end, and review footage to become familiar with it before final assembly. They confer with producers and directors on approaches to increase dramatic value.

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Film and Video

Editor
Task
1. Organize and string together raw footage into a continuous whole according to
scripts or the instructions of directors and producers.
2. Review assembled films or edited videotapes on screens or monitors to
determine if corrections are necessary.
3. Trim film segments to specified lengths and reassemble segments in sequences
that present stories with maximum effect.
4. Determine the specific audio and visual effects and music necessary to complete
films.
5. Set up and operate computer editing systems, electronic titling systems, video
switching equipment, and digital video effects units to produce a final product.
6. Select and combine the most effective shots of each scene to form a logical and
smoothly running story.
7. Edit films and videotapes to insert music, dialogue, and sound effects, to arrange
films into sequences, and to correct errors, using editing equipment.
8. Cut shot sequences to different angles at specific points in scenes, making each
individual cut as fluid and seamless as possible.
9. Mark frames where a particular shot or piece of sound is to begin or end.
10. Verify key numbers and time codes on materials.
11. Record needed sounds or obtain them from sound effects libraries.
12. Review footage sequence by sequence to become familiar with it before
assembling it into a final product.

13. Confer with producers and directors concerning layout or editing approaches
needed to increase dramatic or entertainment value of productions.
14. Piece sounds together to develop film soundtracks.
15. Supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in film editing,
assembling, and recording activities.
16. 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.
17. Program computerized graphic effects.
18. Conduct film screenings for directors and members of production staffs.
19. Collaborate with music editors to select appropriate passages of music and
develop production scores.
20. Study scripts to become familiar with production concepts and requirements.

21. Develop post-production models for films.


22. Estimate how long audiences watching comedies will laugh at each gag line or
situation to space scenes appropriately.
23. Discuss the sound requirements of pictures with sound effects editors.

Education Level Required


50 Bachelor's degree

Some college, no degree


26

High school diploma or equivalent


12

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