Written communication:
The Editor is part of post-production. This is
because the footage from production needs to be done before anything in this
role can begin. For this role you are expected to have complete knowledge of
the technology and software used to edit. As you need to always be following
and combining the ideas and changes during the post production process you will
need to be able to have good communication skills to work alongside of the
directors and other editors and to be able to follow paper work such as
Storyboards. I have already had experience within this Job role during my Unit
46 project which was to produce an Audio Visual Promo. For this Unit I created
a film trailer in a group with two other people, we all shared the roles to get
an understanding of each one, however we all had a main role and mine was the
Lead Editor. This meant that I was to editing the main footage of the trailer
but also keep within the conventions of a horror trailer.
Verbal communication:
As a lead Editor it is essential that you are able
to communicate while working alongside the directors and other creative members
of the Team, this is to be able to keep organised by the directors always being
in check with what people are doing within their job roles. Again I had
experience with this while working on my Unit 46 Film Trailer because when
working with two other people after I finished editing some of the trailer the
other members of the team gave me feedback which allowed me to improve the
trailer. This means to work within this job role you had to have patience and
good attention to detail.
Practical production:
As a Lead editor I didn’t have much input with the
production of our Film trailer and neither would an Editor under normal circumstances
on bigger film productions. However as the team was so small for Unit 46 I
helped with other Job roles during production in order to get a better
understanding, this were job roles such as Camera Operator, directors
assistance and lighting. This was good to give me a better understanding of how
we wanted the trailer to be when it came to editing the footage in
Post-Production.
Creativity:
When working in the Lead Editing role it is
essential that you can produce something creatively which means having
knowledge and understanding on the best camera angles and shots to use. Being
creative in this role is all about being imaginative which means when you have
been given a basic idea of the effects to use in certain scenes it is your job
to bring them special effects to life as much as you can.
Gaps:
Even though I have had experience within the lead
editing role I don’t think I would be able to go into this role professionally
just yet as there are a lot more skills I need to learn and improve on before I
can go into that kind of role. The skills I need to improve on are skills such
as listening, this skill is vital to have when in the role as it comes under
the skill of being able to communicate, this skill is important when it comes to
getting new instructions from the director or any other people from the
team. Another Skill I need to work on is my organisation skill because
sometimes when working on the trailer I found that the footage wasn’t always in
the right folder making my job to edit much harder than it needed to be. I have
been given the opportunity to improve this skills while working on my Unit 41,
this unit is a short film for this it is a similar process to unit 46, however
this time I am going to be working on my skills, which will also be a massive
benefit for the unit.
Action Plan:
This is my action plan for what I want to do in the future and hopefully achieve these in the time ive set for myself. This chart show the different things i will be doin in the next year that give me a clear view on the spare time I have where I can volenteer to get more experiecne to help me learn new skills and improve the one I have now.
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