Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for edit
- Clarify editing requirements in consultation with production personnel and with reference to documentation as required
- Check operation of editing equipment and software
- Identify and prepare source materials for off-line and online editing
- Assess materials to be edited against required technical and creative criteria in consultation with relevant production personnel
- Agree on replacement material or editing approach to overcome technical problems identified with source material
- Review source materials and visualise the look of the final edited sequences
- Commence editing process
- Digitise and transfer materials to suitable format, checking compatibility with editing equipment and monitoring capture for sound and image quality
- If time allows, create and edit decision list noting in and out points for each edit
- Maintain accurate documentation of editing instructions for use in all stages of post-production as required
- Prioritise and select materials in terms of their relevance to production requirements
- Arrange and present selected material to retain the intended meaning of words and images
- Consider how other materials could be used to clarify and enhance final edit
- Assemble vision and sound
- Check technical and creative criteria with relevant production personnel to ensure integrity of edit
- Assemble content in a way that produces coherent images and sound according to standard editing conventions
- Confirm assembled materials meet duration requirements, as well as technical and creative criteria for transmission
- Insert transitions, special effects and additional materials as required
- Make appropriate compromises between content and quality to meet time restrictions
- Finalise edits
- Review assembled online or off-line edits with relevant production personnel
- Implement changes as required and finalise edit to meet deadlines
- Complete necessary documentation and archive source materials according to enterprise procedures
- Report problems encountered with completing edits to relevant personnel
- Provide information required for successful transmission of edited material
- Evaluate own performance against technical and creative criteria and discuss with colleagues where appropriate