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| Median Wage (USD, 2024) | Projected Job Openings (2024-2034) | Projected Growth (2024-2034) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Statistics | $70980 | 3600 | 4.0% |
| State Statistics | - | - | - |
| City Statistics | - | - | - |
Experience Requirements Overview
- Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
- A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
- Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
- Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
Education, Training and Experience
Required Level of Education: Bachelor's Degree
Related Work Experience: Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
On-Site or In-Plant Training: Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months
On-the-Job Training: Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months
Detailed Work Activities
- Edit audio or video recordings.
- Study scripts to determine project requirements.
- Determine presentation subjects or content.
- Label production materials.
- Verify accuracy of data.
Work Values
Achievement
Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
Working Conditions
Recognition
Relationships
Support
Independence
Tasks
- 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.
- Review footage sequence by sequence to become familiar with it before assembling it into a final product.
- Set up and operate computer editing systems, electronic titling systems, video switching equipment, and digital video effects units to produce a final product.
- Trim film segments to specified lengths and reassemble segments in sequences that present stories with maximum effect.
- Cut shot sequences to different angles at specific points in scenes, making each individual cut as fluid and seamless as possible.
- Review assembled films or edited videotapes on screens or monitors to determine if corrections are necessary.
- Verify key numbers and time codes on materials.
- Manipulate plot, score, sound, and graphics to make the parts into a continuous whole, working closely with people in audio, visual, music, optical, or special effects departments.
- Program computerized graphic effects.
- Study scripts to become familiar with production concepts and requirements.
- Supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in film editing, assembling, and recording activities.
- Determine the specific audio and visual effects and music necessary to complete films.
- Mark frames where a particular shot or piece of sound is to begin or end.
- Record needed sounds or obtain them from sound effects libraries.
- Conduct film screenings for directors and members of production staffs.
- Discuss the sound requirements of pictures with sound effects editors.
- Piece sounds together to develop film soundtracks.
- Confer with producers and directors concerning layout or editing approaches needed to increase dramatic or entertainment value of productions.
- Develop post-production models for films.
- Collaborate with music editors to select appropriate passages of music and develop production scores.
Work Styles
Innovation
A tendency to be inventive, to be imaginative, and to adopt new perspectives on ways to accomplish work.
Innovation
Achievement Orientation
Achievement Orientation
Intellectual Curiosity
Intellectual Curiosity
Tolerance for Ambiguity
Tolerance for Ambiguity
Initiative
Initiative
Adaptability
Adaptability
Self-Confidence
Self-Confidence
Perseverance
Perseverance
Leadership Orientation
Leadership Orientation
Humility
Humility
Sincerity
Sincerity
Empathy
Empathy
Cooperation
Cooperation
Optimism
Optimism
Social Orientation
Social Orientation
Cautiousness
Cautiousness
Attention to Detail
Attention to Detail
Dependability
Dependability
Integrity
Integrity
Stress Tolerance
Stress Tolerance
Self-Control
Self-Control
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