Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for editing sound
- Clarify production requirements, including creative and technical objectives in consultation with relevant production personnel
- Obtain, label and securely store audio source materials
- Check editing hardware has sufficient capacity to handle digitising and editing processes
- Check editing software is suited to technical requirements and enterprise practices
- Organise additional equipment to minimise interruptions during editing, if required
- Adopt safe ergonomic practices when using screens and keyboards for long periods of time
- Assemble sequences for editing
- Digitise content in a compatible format for specified platform
- Monitor and optimise quality of digital output and arrange to fix problems where necessary
- Identify sound edit positions and document appropriately
- Log and assess sound sequences and create and save digital back-up copies
- Use safe listening procedures to evaluate and edit audio content to meet technical and creative objectives
- Edit sound sequences
- Edit audio content and document details of each edited sound sequence according to production requirements
- Generate an appropriate track list to facilitate sound mixing processes
- Chart positions and durations of sound sequences, noting requirements for transitions where applicable
- Apply audio effects and enhancements to maximise creative outcomes as required
- Use editing software to produce sequences and resolve identified problems
- Finalise sound edits
- Archive and document edited audio files following enterprise procedures
- Report on editing equipment requiring maintenance if required and leave workstation in original or improved condition
- Participate in post-production debriefing sessions as required
- Seek feedback from colleagues and evaluate own creative and technical performance for improvement