Digital Video Editor (2070CBV1) Competency-Based

Dakar Foundation

California (OA)

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Work Process Schedule

Work Process Content

On the Job Training

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Skills

Manage content of broadcasts or presentations.

Review assembled films or edited videotapes on screens or monitors to determine if corrections are necessary.
Review footage sequence by sequence to become familiar with it before assembling it into a final product.

Operate communications, transmissions, or broadcasting equipment.

Set up and operate computer editing systems, electronic titling systems, video switching equipment, and digital video effects units to produce a final product.

Label production materials.

Mark frames where a particular shot or piece of sound is to begin or end.

Edit audio or video recordings.

Cut shot sequences to different angles at specific points in scenes, making each individual cut as fluid and seamless as possible.
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.
Organize and string together raw footage into a continuous whole according to scripts or the instructions of directors and producers.
Set up and operate computer editing systems, electronic titling systems, video switching equipment, and digital video effects units to produce a final product.
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.
Piece sounds together to develop film soundtracks.

Determine presentation subjects or content.

Select and combine the most effective shots of each scene to form a logical and smoothly running story.
Determine the specific audio and visual effects and music necessary to complete films.

Verify accuracy of data.

Verify key numbers and time codes on materials.

Create computer-generated graphics or animation.

Program computerized graphic effects.

Operate audio recording equipment.

Record needed sounds or obtain them from sound effects libraries.

Provide information to coworkers.

Conduct film screenings for directors and members of production staffs.

Collaborate with others to determine technical details of productions.

Confer with producers and directors concerning layout or editing approaches needed to increase dramatic or entertainment value of productions.
Discuss the sound requirements of pictures with sound effects editors.

Study scripts to determine project requirements.