editor:
Their job is to take scenes in non-story order and edit them bit-by-bit into a whole as films tend not to be shot in the order in which the story unfolds, so editors might be working on scenes from the end of the film before the beginning. During post-production, the editor and director will work closely to refine the assembly edit into a director’s cut, after that, the music and sound are added to the mix, a process that editors will oversee. Once filming starts, they look at the rushes each day, checking technical standards and the emerging sense of story and performance and editing it into a series of scenes. By the time the film wraps editors will have spent hours reworking scenes and cutting them together to create a rough assembly.
some needed editor skills:
- Knowledge of the film industry and movie production
- Knowledge of editing equipment and a willingness to keep up with changes in that technology
- A good photographic eye for camera angles and special effects, as well as knowledge of audio effects
- Ability to work alone on detailed and sometimes tedious work
- Problem-solving skills to make film sequences work well or to work with the available footage