How do they match: Film and Video Editors

  • Film and Video Editors

  • Animator
  • Special Effects Designer
  • Optical Effects Layout Person

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Program computerized graphic effects.
  • Record needed sounds or obtain them from sound effects libraries.
  • 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.
  • Trim film segments to specified lengths and reassemble segments in sequences that present stories with maximum effect.

  • Create computer-generated graphics or animation.