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Film and Video Editors

$63.52K Median Salary 4.7K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 33% Job Growth

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About This Career

Edit moving images on film, video, or other media. May work with a producer or director to organize images for final production. May edit or synchronize soundtracks with images.

Reported Job Titles

Editor, Film Editor, News Editor, News Video Editor, News Videotape Editor, Non-Linear Editor, Online Editor, Tape Editor, Television News Video Editor, Video Editor

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Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Near Vision

Oral Comprehension

Information Ordering

Oral Expression

Fluency of Ideas

Visualization

Written Comprehension

Originality

Speech Clarity

Category Flexibility

Deductive Reasoning

Selective Attention

Speech Recognition

Written Expression

Problem Sensitivity

Flexibility of Closure

Inductive Reasoning

Perceptual Speed

Visual Color Discrimination

Knowledge

Communications and Media

English Language

Computers and Electronics

Telecommunications

Fine Arts

Production and Processing

Customer and Personal Service

Engineering and Technology

Administration and Management

Administrative

Design

Sales and Marketing

Education and Training

Skills

Active Listening

Critical Thinking

Reading Comprehension

Active Learning

Complex Problem Solving

Speaking

Judgment and Decision Making

Time Management

Writing

Coordination

Monitoring

Technology Skills

Web platform development software

Video creation and editing software

Graphics or photo imaging software

Web page creation and editing software

Music or sound editing software

Filesystem software

Development environment software

Enterprise application integration software

Word processing software

Computer aided design CAD software

Internet browser software

Spreadsheet software

Presentation software

Tools

Media control systems

Video editors

Digital video disk players or recorders

Video streaming system

Desktop computers

Notebook computers

Personal computers

Network routers

Abilities

Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
Visualization: The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Originality: The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Flexibility of Closure: The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Perceptual Speed: The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
Visual Color Discrimination: The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.

Knowledge

Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Telecommunications: Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
Fine Arts: Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Administrative: Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
Sales and Marketing: Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

Skills

Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Technology Skills

Web platform development software: Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP
Video creation and editing software: YouTube
Graphics or photo imaging software: SmugMug Flickr
Web page creation and editing software: Facebook; Google Sites; LinkedIn; Social media sites
Music or sound editing software: Music software
Filesystem software: Computer forensic software
Development environment software: Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Suite
Enterprise application integration software: Electronic Data Interchange EDI systems
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Computer aided design CAD software: Autodesk AutoCAD; Autodesk Revit
Internet browser software: Web browser software
Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint

Tools

Media control systems: Digital switchers
Video editors: Video editing equipment
Digital video disk players or recorders: Digital video disk DVD players
Video streaming system: YouTube.com
Desktop computers:
Notebook computers: Laptop computers
Personal computers:
Network routers: Computer network routers

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