Occupation Atlasvideo and motion picture editor
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/ac734172-ae9a-41ab-80a0-a7b33694e027
video and motion picture editor
Video and motion picture editors are responsible for the assembly and cutting of raw footage into a logically and aesthetically-pleasant material for movies, television series, or domestic purposes. They reorganize scenes that have been shot and decide which special effects are needed. Video and motion picture editors work closely together with sound editors and music directors.
Job Zone
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
ACRArtistic · Conventional · Realistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- A Artistic5.61
- C Conventional3.75
- R Realistic3.14
- E Enterprising3.08
- S Social1.96
- I Investigative1.91
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Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Film and Video Editors (27-4032.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (21)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- ICT software specifications
- analyse a script
- consult with motion picture producer
- consult with production director
- create rough cut
- cut raw footage digitally
- digital media
- familiarise with personal directing styles
- film production process
- finish project within budget
- follow directions of the artistic director
- follow work schedule
- graphic design
- motion graphics
- multimedia systems
- put uncut recordings into computer
- search databases
- supervise equipment
- supervise video and motion picture editing team
- synchronise sound with images
- watch scenes
Optional (34)
- 3D lighting
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- GIMP (graphics editor software)
- Microsoft Visio
- SketchBook Pro
- Synfig
- advise supervisors
- animate 3D organic forms
- apply 3D imaging techniques
- apply colour grading
- archive documentation related to work
- assist multimedia operator
- colour grade images with digital intermediate
- colour grading
- computer graphics
- convert different audiovisual formats
- create moving images
- create subtitles
- design graphics
- develop animations
- digital compositing
- digital content creation
- draw up artistic production
- edit digital moving images
- edit recorded sound
- file-based workflow
- graphics editor software
- manage staff
- operate 3D computer graphics software
- perform video editing
- photography
- render 3D images
- work with the camera crew
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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