How do they match: 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.

Edit films and videotapes to insert music, dialogue, and sound effects, to arrange films into sequences, and to correct errors, using editing equipment.
Collaborate with music editors to select appropriate passages of music and develop production scores.
Confer with producers and directors concerning layout or editing approaches needed to increase dramatic or entertainment value of productions.
Discuss the sound requirements of pictures with sound effects 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.
Mark frames where a particular shot or piece of sound is to begin or end.
Piece sounds together to develop film soundtracks.
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.
Set up and operate computer editing systems, electronic titling systems, video switching equipment, and digital video effects units to produce a final product.
Supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in film editing, assembling, and recording activities.

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