Film and Video Editors

Acquire4Hire
Full time
35 - 40 USD / hour
Copywriting and Editing
United States
Hiring from: United States
Summary

Edit moving images on film, video, or other media. May edit or synchronize soundtracks with images.

Duties

  • Cut shot sequences to different angles at specific points in scenes, making each individual cut as fluid and seamless as possible.
  • Study scripts to become familiar with production concepts and requirements.
  • 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.
  • Mark frames where a particular shot or piece of sound is to begin or end.
  • Determine the specific audio and visual effects and music necessary to complete films.
  • Verify key numbers and time codes on materials.
  • Organize and string together raw footage into a continuous whole according to scripts or the instructions of directors and producers.
  • Review assembled films or edited videotapes on screens or monitors to determine if corrections are necessary.
  • Program computerized graphic effects.
  • 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.
  • Record needed sounds or obtain them from sound effects libraries.
  • Confer with producers and directors concerning layout or editing approaches needed to increase dramatic or entertainment value of productions.
  • 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.
  • Supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in film editing, assembling, and recording activities.
  • Trim film segments to specified lengths and reassemble segments in sequences that present stories with maximum effect.
  • Develop post-production models for films.
  • Piece sounds together to develop film soundtracks.
  • Conduct film screenings for directors and members of production staffs.
  • Collaborate with music editors to select appropriate passages of music and develop production scores.
  • Discuss the sound requirements of pictures with sound effects editors.
  • Estimate how long audiences watching comedies will laugh at each gag line or situation to space scenes appropriately.

Requirements

  • Edit audio or video recordings.
  • Study scripts to determine project requirements.
  • Edit audio or video recordings.
  • Edit audio or video recordings.
  • Determine presentation subjects or content.
  • Label production materials.
  • Determine presentation subjects or content.
  • Verify accuracy of data.
  • Edit audio or video recordings.
  • Manage content of broadcasts or presentations.
  • Create computer-generated graphics or animation.
  • Manage content of broadcasts or presentations.
  • Edit audio or video recordings.
  • Operate communications, transmissions, or broadcasting equipment.
  • Operate audio recording equipment.
  • Collaborate with others to determine technical details of productions.
  • Edit audio or video recordings.
  • Coordinate activities of production personnel.
  • Edit audio or video recordings.
  • Edit audio or video recordings.
  • Collaborate with others to prepare or perform artistic productions.
  • Collaborate with others to determine technical details of productions.
  • Determine technical requirements of productions or projects.

Nice To Haves

  • Adobe Systems Adobe AfterEffects
  • Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
  • AJAX
  • Apple Final Cut Pro
  • Autodesk Maya for Design Visualization
  • Cascading Style Sheets CSS
  • Extensible markup language XML
  • Hypertext markup language HTML
  • JavaScript
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • YouTube
  • Adobe Systems Adobe After Effects
  • Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Suite
  • Adobe Systems Adobe Director
  • Adobe Systems Adobe Flash Player
  • Adobe Systems Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Apple DVD Studio Pro
  • Apple QuickTime
  • Apple Xsan
  • Audio patch bays
  • Autodesk Smoke
  • Avid Digidesign Pro Tools
  • Avid Technology
  • Boris FX Continuum Complete
  • Brightcove
  • Desktop computers
  • Digital video disk DVD recorders
  • Digital video editing systems
  • Google Video
  • Laptop computers
  • Microsoft Word
  • Network routers
  • Personal computers
  • RSS
  • Sorenson Media Sorenson Squeeze
  • Video patch bays
  • Web browser software
  • Windows Media Services
  • YouTube.com

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