Home › Work activities › Prepare film for distribution or use

O*NET detailed work activity

Prepare film for distribution or use

This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.

Part of Set up equipment, under the O*NET work activity group Handling and Moving Objects. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 4 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Remove full take-up reels and run film through rewinding machines to rewind projected films so they may be shown again.Stays human Motion Picture Projectionists
• Splice separate film reels, advertisements, and movie trailers together to form a feature-length presentation on one continuous reel.Stays human Motion Picture Projectionists

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Assemble, typeset, scan, and produce digital camera-ready art or film negatives and printer's proofs.Stays human Special Effects Artists and Animators
• Develop and print exposed film, using chemicals, touch-up tools, and developing and printing equipment.Stays human Photographers