How do they match: Film and Video Editors

  • Film and Video Editors

  • Producer
  • Production Manager
  • Commercial Producer
  • Video Production Editor

  • 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.

  • Collaborate with music editors to select appropriate passages of music and develop production scores.
  • Conduct film screenings for directors and members of production staffs.
  • Confer with producers and directors concerning layout or editing approaches needed to increase dramatic or entertainment value of productions.
  • Develop post-production models for films.
  • Organize and string together raw footage into a continuous whole according to scripts or the instructions of directors and producers.
  • 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.
  • Study scripts to become familiar with production concepts and requirements.

  • Collaborate with others to determine technical details of productions.
  • Collaborate with others to prepare or perform artistic productions.
  • Coordinate activities of production personnel.
  • Label production materials.