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O*NET detailed work activityEdit audio or video recordings
AI-assistCreate & design
7 jobs15 tasks
Use AI to generate lots of options, references and rough mock-ups fast. The craft, the taste and the final call are what make it yours.
Part of Alter audio or video recordings, under the O*NET work activity group Making Decisions and Solving Problems. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 9 AI-assist, 6 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Organize and string together raw footage into a continuous whole according to scripts or the instructions of directors and producers.
- Select and combine the most effective shots of each scene to form a logical and smoothly running story.
- Edit films and videotapes to insert music, dialogue, and sound effects, to arrange films into sequences, and to correct errors, using editing equipment.
- Cut shot sequences to different angles at specific points in scenes, making each individual cut as fluid and seamless as possible.
- 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.
- Trim film segments to specified lengths and reassemble segments in sequences that present stories with maximum effect.
- Edit video for broadcast productions, including non-linear editing.
- Prepare copy and edit tape so that material is ready for broadcasting.
- Edit broadcast material electronically, using computers.
- Cut and edit film or tape to integrate component parts into desired sequences.
- Piece sounds together to develop film soundtracks.
- Edit videotapes by erasing and removing portions of programs and adding video or sound as required.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Set up and operate computer editing systems, electronic titling systems, video switching equipment, and digital video effects units to produce a final product.
- Mix, cut, or sample recorded music using DJ controllers, CDJs, or DJ mixers.
- Record and edit audio material, such as movie soundtracks, using audio recording and editing equipment.