How do they match: Film and Video Editors

  • Special Effects Designer

  • Confer with producers and directors concerning layout or editing approaches needed to increase dramatic or entertainment value of productions.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Record needed sounds or obtain them from sound effects libraries.
  • Trim film segments to specified lengths and reassemble segments in sequences that present stories with maximum effect.