Television news video editor · What it does
Three tasks it takes off your hands
- Organise and string together raw footage into a continuous whole according to scripts.
- Edit films and videotapes to insert music, dialogue, and sound effects, and to correct errors.
- Select and combine the most effective shots of each scene to form a logical story.
Where these come from
The tasks of “Film and Video Editors” (O*NET 27-4032.00), as O*NET lists them:
- 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.
