Film and Video Editors

Edit moving images on film, video, or other media. May work with a producer or director to organize images for final production. May edit or synchronize soundtracks with images.

Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

Artistic

Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

Enterprising

Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

Investigative

Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

Realistic

Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Conventional

Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

Social

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Organize and string together raw footage into a continuous whole according to scripts or the instructions of directors and producers.

Edit films and videotapes to insert music, dialogue, and sound effects, to arrange films into sequences, and to correct errors, using editing equipment.

Select and combine the most effective shots of each scene to form a logical and smoothly running story.

Review footage sequence by sequence to become familiar with it before assembling it into a final product.

Set up and operate computer editing systems, electronic titling systems, video switching equipment, and digital video effects units to produce a final product.

Trim film segments to specified lengths and reassemble segments in sequences that present stories with maximum effect.

Cut shot sequences to different angles at specific points in scenes, making each individual cut as fluid and seamless as possible.

Review assembled films or edited videotapes on screens or monitors to determine if corrections are necessary.

Verify key numbers and time codes on materials.

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.

AJAX

Cascading style sheets CSS

Hypertext markup language HTML

JavaScript

Apple Final Cut Pro

Screencastify

Windows Media Services

YouTube

Adobe Systems Adobe After Effects

Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Cloud software

Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop

Brightcove

Google Video

Avid Digidesign Pro Tools

Apple Xsan

Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Suite

Extensible markup language XML

Microsoft Word

Autodesk Maya

Audio patch bays

Video patch bays

Digital video editing systems

Digital video disk DVD recorders

YouTube.com

Laptop computers

Film & Video Editors

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