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Video Editor Careers

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Work Environment:

Being a video/film editor, you'd assemble sound and pictures to create broadcast-able footage/piece for TV/film.

You'd be member of post production staff that combine recordings material recorded by sound and camera crews, and adds additional special effects, sound effects and graphics. You can work on productions/projects, such as music videos, commercials, feature films, corporate videos and television programs.

Based on size of projects and your specialization, your work can comprise following duties:

  • transferring video/film recording to computer
  • finding requirements of project by client/director

  • checking recording and deciding on which scenes to cut and to keep
  • maintaining a clear-idea of story although you might be editing shots
  • making a rough-cut from selected material
  • utilizing software to insert visual effects, sound, titles and graphics
  • cutting and joining scenes by editing software
  • digitally improving quality of picture
  • assembling all elements in sequence for ultimate version
  • producing DVDs
In bigger projects/productions, you can be one-of many editors having various jobs and specializations, like sound editing, offline editing or online editing.

Qualification, Education and Experience:

Most of the employers would prefer personal qualities and technical abilities than standard qualifications. You can enter in this field by getting experience into utilizing editing equipment and into post production procedure.

You can gain related experience by:

  • editing community/student film projects
  • working as runner within an editing-facilities house
  • working within an editing-equipment hire firm

You might discover it useful to accomplish a course into media/film production. This should not assure a job, although it'd assist you to get develop abilities into utilizing editing equipment. Most helpful training courses comprise placements and opportunity to create contacts within industry.

Numerous universities and colleges provide courses, comprising:

  • 'City and Guilds': Diploma into Media Techniques
  • BTEC: degrees, postgraduate courses and HNDs
  • BTEC: Diploma or Certificate into Media Production
For admission requirements, contact training course providers. For information about industry acknowledged courses, check the website of skill-set.

You must create demo DVD/CD of projects/productions you've worked-on to show your abilities to employers while searching for job.

Customers service experience and interpersonal skills are essential, since editing generally includes working with clients.

Training Details:

Generally, you'd begin as a trainee/runner within post production house and advance to assistant-editor and then to editor position as experience increases.

You'd normally learn at the work. Though, you might discover helpful to accomplish short training courses into particular editing software and equipment, like After Effects, Avid and Final Cut Pro.

In the beginning of career you might be capable to obtain training as component of a trainee ship type new entrant program, like programs sometimes provided by local screen agencies and broadcasters. For details regarding available programs, contact skill-set.

You must stay updated with latest technology and equipment all through your career. For details regarding related short training courses, check the website of skill-set.

Skills and knowledge:

  • excellent computer abilities
  • concentration to details
  • patience
  • an excellent-sense of timing and visual understanding
  • readiness to work for longer hours as required
  • outstanding communication skills
  • capability to work under-pressure and accomplish targets
  • creativity and practical abilities
  • capability to work within a team

Salary and Other Benefits:

  • Initial remunerations for video editor can be about $22,000 for a year.
  • Experienced-freelance charges can be around $1300 and $2300 for a week.
Freelance pay scales could differ widely. You can settle fees depending on your reputation and kind of production.

Working Conditions:

You might work for normal office-hours or shifts since film editing-studios booked at-night. You might have to work at short-notice if required. It's common to work for longer hours and overtime to accomplish targets.

Post production editing goes on within editing suites and enclosed studios where you'd employ longer periods working-on computers.

Different Opportunities:

Generally, you'd work on freelance-contracts basis for TV broadcasters, film production facilities house and production firms.

Few openings are publicized by nationwide press, business publications and websites. Though, it's common to obtain job by networking and contacting directly to firms.

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