Film & Video Editors
Film & Video Editors
Bright Outlook
Career outlook for
Film & Video Editors
What's it like?
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.
Working conditions
Tasks
- 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.
Top Skills
- Active Learning.
- Complex Problem Solving.
- Writing.
- Judgment and Decision Making.
- Time Management.
- Monitoring.
- Coordination.
- Social Perceptiveness.
- Persuasion.
- Systems Analysis.
- Learning Strategies.
- Systems Evaluation.
- Negotiation.
- Service Orientation.
- Quality Control Analysis.
- Instructing.
Programs
Film Production, Film and Photographic Technology, Film Production, Cinema Studies, Theater Arts.
Average Salary
12503/ Month