film or video editor???

[Person Lastly]

okay. but video editors are video editors. not editors.

[Chaz Shukat]

If you just say you are an editor, most people will think you are a “print” editor, like for newspapers, magazines, books, etc. You need to say film or video so as not to be confused with print. And no one outside of the industry will know what a non-linear editor is. And inspite of the academy awards show explainations each year of what an editor does, most people don’t have a clue of what’s really involved.

Chaz S.

[Chris Bové]

[Chaz Shukat] “…most people will think you are a “print” editor, like for newspapers, magazines…”

Gave up monster.com and careerbuilder sites ages ago. Kept getting alerts for web editors. To 98% of the modern population, that’s what an editor is.

Hee hee. Love these posts – teetering on the edge of “Good Grazing”. How’s this: instead of the word “Editor”, let’s become another skit in George Carlin’s Euphamisms routine…
Video Editors become “Pixel Media Ammendment Specialists”
Film Editors become “Emulsion Media Emotional Perspective Specialists”
Assistant Editors become “Pixel Media Technical Support Associates”
Negative Cutters become “Positive Cutters”
and Online Editors become “Pixel Media Upconversion and Adaptation Finalizers”.

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\`(=)`/…Pixel Monkey
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[Joe Feng]

Of course the DI is taken care of by the DP…It is the DP’s responsibility to set the look of the images, not the editor’s.

As for the film vs. video editor question, I think it entirely depends on which definition of the word “film” you believe in. I believe that it refers to the art form, not the medium. So, you can be editing “video” and be a film editor, or, inversely, editing “film” and still be a video editor. 🙂

[Chip Johns]

Quote: joefeng Of course the DI is taken care of by the DP…It is the DP’s responsibility to set the look of the images, not the editor’s.

Just to clear up… I don’t believe we said that DI was the editor’s responsibility. (This was the point. That it wasn’t)

It’s interesting how on a film edit with NLE, the editor does not really take the lead in color decisions. When editing video, (NTSC for instance,) color corection is usually the editor’s responsibility.

As for the film vs. video editor question, I think it entirely depends on which definition of the word “film” you believe in. I believe that it refers to the art form, not the medium. So, you can be editing “video” and be a film editor, or, inversely, editing “film” and still be a video editor. 🙂

True, to a point, but if you are editor for a feature film you better know what you are doing. For instance, color isn’t an issue for the editor when working on a film, but focus is. It is usually the editors job to make sure that shots are in focus. If he gets it wrong.. Uhh Ohh ..!

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IMO – Here is where it is important. Your business card is just for contact purposes- Use what ever title you are most comfortable with on your business card.. Your resume is where you explain what you do. And this is the information that is important.

[Joe Feng]

Yeah, it is interesting how color correction responsibilities shift from the DP to the editor in video…

I’m not too sure what you mean by the film editor being responsible for shots being in focus…On a film, the First AC is the one in charge of keeping shots in focus. If, in post, there’s a lot of soft shots, the AC’s never gonna work in town again! Or did you mean that the editor has to make sure that he does not use those soft shots caused by the bad AC?

[Chip Johns]

Yea. What I have read anyway, is since many are using dvd to view dailies instead of film- making sure focus is pulled correctly puts more of this responsibility on the editor.

If this isn’t correct, let me know … ?????

[Person Lastly]

yes the editor should pick shots that are in focus, but if there isn’t any, or the best performance is soft, then the dp/director better watch out. as far as color correction, i have a say in the telecine on commercial work, though what i say isn’t the end of the decision. but the others do view my opinion important. some art directors/creative directors insist i be in on the xfer. for features, this is probably different as previously discussed.