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Video Editor Job Description: Top Duties and Qualifications
Last updated October 28, 2024
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A Video Editor, or Video Production Editor, is responsible for reviewing audio and visual footage and using computer software to organize clips into a cohesive finished project. Their duties include splitting or combining video clips, adding appropriate sounds or graphics and watching the finished product to catch mistakes before submitting it for review.
Video Editor duties and responsibilities
A Video Editor’s main task is to take the raw footage shot by a film crew and Director and turn it into the final product. Examples of duties a Video Editor may need to perform include:
Assembling raw footage and transferring or uploading to a computer
Analyzing and following a script, screenplay or outline when performing edits
Inputting sound to enhance footage, which may include selecting music and writing voice-overs
Adding graphics to enhance footage
Digitally splicing film and video and synchronizing them into one rough cut file
Improving and correcting lighting, coloring and faulty footage
Working closely with Directors to present a final product that matches their vision
Making revisions to edits upon request
Experience: 2 - 5 years
Enhanced and editing into a good presentation.
Experience: 2 - 5 years
Graphics enhanced and Making revisions to edits upon request.
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