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Video Editor

Video Editor:

Working Patterns: The working pattern is around 50 hours per week which is variable so you could do more or less in a week, and you could be working in the daytime, evenings, weekends and bank holidays and in the nights depending on whether you are working for a company or person in a different country with different time zones.

 

Freelance or Permanent: You can work freelance with your own company working for other companies or person.

 

Role Responsibilities: The role responsibilities of a video editor are managing material such as camera footage, dialogue, sound effects, graphics and special effects to produce a final film or video product.

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What skills are required: The skills what required are creative skills, accuracy an eye for detail, to be ability to work as part of a team with other production staff and be patience and have the ability to maintain concentration during long editing sessions.

 

What qualifications are needed: You don’t need a foundation degree, HND or degree to be a film or video editor, but it’s crucial that you show commitment and deamination to get into the industry. But some of the subjects are relevant such as media studies, graphic design, Information Technology and photography, film or television.

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Research Report: A video editor – video editors bring together images and sound for use in film, TV and online productions. The average salary a year is between £18000 to £45000. The typical hours a week are between 39 to 41 hours. It is possible that you will be working at night depending on what time zone you are in.

You can become an editor by taking a university course, or by taking a college course, or by doing an apprenticeship. The entry requirements are usually a level three diploma in creative media production. You can also do some volunteer work editing student films or community productions to gain some experience.

What it takes to be an editor is thoroughness and attention to detail. Have knowledge of media production and communication. Also, be able to work well with other people. Have extensive knowledge of computer operating systems, hardware and software. As an editor, one of the things you will be doing in a day is transferring film or video footage. Edit your video using editing software and keep a clear idea of the storyline as you edit. It is possible for you to establish your own business as an editor if you have the necessary skills.

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From the video above I learned some of the industry's terminology for example the word digitizing and picture lock. there is also lots of different editing software depending on what your are editing as some software is better at something then other software. 

As an editor you will be tasked with finding the best takes from a shoot and imputing the footage on to the edit software. 

On some productions you will have to edit on location and you will need to do this well.

You need a good eye for detail as an editor. 

there is also a time limit to how you work as an editor as some clients need it doing as quick as possible but this is budget and timeframe dependent. 

you will need to be organized as an editor and you will also be managing the footage so you need backups of it if anything bad happens with your computer. 

As an editor you can either be a freelance or work for a production company. 

also you need to make sure that when you are editing that anything out of vision on the edit needs to be taken out in serten situations.

and finally you maybe asked to do overnight edit's. 

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What Routes Are Available 

The routes to become an editor are:

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This means to become an editor i will need one of these qualifications in the media industry and i am studding the UAL Creative Media Production Level Three. 

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How do I become an editor?

The traditional route to becoming an editor is to start as a post-production runner or trainee and go on to become an assistant editor. See the post-production runner job profile for details. It’s common to work as an assistant editor in lower budget productions before moving into feature films.

At school or college:
Or you might want to take the following Level 3 vocational qualifications:​

  • BTEC National Diploma/Extended Diploma in Art and Design

  • BTEC National Extended Diploma in Creative Digital Media Production

  • UAL Applied General Diploma/Extended Diploma in Art and Design

If you want to go straight into a job or apprenticeship, the following Level 3 vocational qualifications will equip you:

  • Aim Awards Diploma in Creative and Digital Media

  • OCR Cambridge Technical Diploma in Art and Design (3D Design)

  • OCR Cambridge Technical Diploma in Art and Design (Graphic Design)

  • OCR Cambridge Technical Diploma in Art and Design (Photography)

  • OCR Technical Diploma in Digital Media (Moving Image and Audio Production)

  • BTEC National Diploma in Film and Television Production

  • BTEC National Diploma in Film and Television Visual Effects

  • BTEC National Diploma in Photography

  • UAL Diploma/Extended Diploma in Art and Design

  • UAL Diploma/Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production and Technology

Get an apprenticeship:
Apprenticeships are jobs with training, so they’re a great opportunity to earn while you learn. You might find studios offering the following apprenticeships:

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