Film and Video Editors and Camera Operators

Film and Video Editors and Camera Operators typically perform the following tasks: • Compose and frame each shot, applying the technical aspects of light, lenses, film, filters, and camera settings to achieve the effects sought by directors. • Operate television or motion picture cameras to record scenes for television broadcasts, advertising, or motion pictures. • Adjust positions and controls of cameras, printers, and related equipment to change focus, exposure, and lighting. • Confer with directors, sound and lighting technicians, electricians, and other crew members to discuss assignments and determine filming sequences, desired effects, camera movements, and lighting requirements. • Operate zoom lenses, changing images according to specifications and rehearsal instructions. • Observe sets or locations for potential problems and to determine filming and lighting requirements. • Set up and perform live shots for broadcast. • Use cameras in any of several different camera mounts, such as stationary, track-mounted, or crane-mounted. • Test, clean, maintain, and repair broadcast equipment, including testing microphones, to ensure proper working condition. • Edit video for broadcast productions, including non-linear editing. • Instruct camera operators regarding camera setups, angles, distances, movement, and variables and cues for starting and stopping filming. • Assemble studio sets and select and arrange cameras, film stock, audio, or lighting equipment to be used during filming. • Read and analyze work orders and specifications to determine locations of subject material, work procedures, sequences of operations, and machine setups. • View films to resolve problems of exposure control, subject and camera movement, changes in subject distance, and related variables. • Direct studio productions. • Set up cameras, optical printers, and related equipment to produce photographs and special effects. • Read charts and compute ratios to determine variables such as lighting, shutter angles, filter factors, and camera distances. • Set up and operate electric news gathering (ENG) microwave vehicles to gather and edit raw footage on location to send to television affiliates for broadcast. • Write new scripts for broadcasts. • Design graphics for studio productions.