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Getting a Career in Editing the Profession as an Animated Movies Editor

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Editing involves reviewing and making additions, deletions or other changes to bring a document to a certain standard. For publication, documents and public presentations generally require editing. Film editing is generally called 'film construction' and involves working on patterns of sound and images that are not apparent on the surface. All these patterns are organized in a film harmoniously.

There are variety of approaches in the editing process that involve working with sound footage and scratch videos, etc. The actual process of editing is straightforward starting off with lots of footage, selecting the best bits, putting them all in a different order, using text, new sound, and effects, etc. After the film is finished, it can be formatted into tape, new film print, DVD, or web.

There are good opportunities to start a career in the editing profession as an Animated Movies Editor. An Animated Movie Editor is required to possess a two or four year's degree in film making besides having knowledge of animation. He should also be up to date trained in related software and should have practical on the job experience. Financially and artistically, editing is a very satisfying career for those who have a technologically artistic bent of mind and enjoy working and creating with others. The profession of Animated Movie Editing is also called "invisible art".



The job profile of a Animated Movie Editor involves art, mechanism, collaboration and business personality all blend together. Editing requires turning an idea into very long animated footage into an appealing story. It requires careful review of animated footage for long hours. Some of the prime responsibilities of an Animated Movie Editor include discussing with director the scripts and story boards to understand his vision, work together with sound editors and music directors to add effects of sound, cut the footage and arrange all the footage to make the film tell the best story while maintaining the specified length requirement of the animated movie. He has to prepare a rough cut for viewing by the director and the make revisions suggested by the director for the final cut.

The academic requirement to enter into the career in the editing profession as an Animated Movies Editor is a two or four year college program that focuses on film making. Generally the Animated Movie Editors are experienced animators also. Therefore, a degree in Art or Computer Animation is beneficial to their career. On the job experience also helps to a great extent in this career. Hands-on experience can also be acquired by completing a film-making or animation program using the latest technologies in Animated Movie Editing. Becoming a member of some reputed industry organizations like the Motion Picture Editors Guild helps in a rising career. Membership of such groups helps you in getting work in some of most renowned animation studios.

The skill requirements for choosing a career in the editing profession as an Animated Movies Editor include working together with other artists as a team member and facilitator, a technological mind, and the ability to learn new skills. The job requirements involve long hours work and meeting deadlines. It may not suit those who dream of rising to the top of their career overnight. You will have to work in many other jobs in the film making industry before you get a chance to work as an Animated Movie Editor.

In the movie making industry, the job of Movie Editing is one of the five top paying professions as per an estimate of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. On average, an Animated Movie Editor earns an annual income of about $69,000. As per predictions of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the decade 2006 to 2016 it is going to be intense competition for video editing jobs. At the entry level, a Video Editor is earning about $34,000 and less in a year in Los Angeles and New York City.

Besides an Animated Movie Editor, one can enter the career of Music Video Editing for which no specialized training in music is required. For Music Video Editing, a person can obtain a technical background by doing an Associate of Art in Communication and the Media Arts. Movie Editing, Film Editing, and Music Video Editing, etc are also some of the jobs which a person can choose and start a career in the editing profession.

The editing process involves selecting the best part of the picture and sound that will be retained into the finally finished film. The process requires picking good and bad stuff, removing the poor material, and then arranging into the order of the script. It also includes creating and controlling moments that were not there during shooting. Film editing is the only unique art which separates film-making from photography, dance, writing, theater, etc. It can make a film or it can break a film. Film editing involves working with layers of images, the pace, the music, the rhythm, and choosing which performances of the actors to use. The film editing process requires re-directing and more frequently re-writing the film. A person with the right education, talent, and hands on experience can enjoy a long career in the editing profession as Animated Movies Editor.
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