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Film and Video Editors
Edit moving images on film, video, or other media. May work with a producer or director to organize images for final production. May edit or synchronize soundtracks with images.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Organize and string together raw footage into a continuous whole according to scripts or the instructions of directors and producers.People already use AI for this at work
- 02Edit films and videotapes to insert music, dialogue, and sound effects, to arrange films into sequences, and to correct errors, using editing equipment.People already use AI for this at work
- 03Select and combine the most effective shots of each scene to form a logical and smoothly running story.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 04Review footage sequence by sequence to become familiar with it before assembling it into a final product.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 05Set up and operate computer editing systems, electronic titling systems, video switching equipment, and digital video effects units to produce a final product.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Trim film segments to specified lengths and reassemble segments in sequences that present stories with maximum effect.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 07Cut shot sequences to different angles at specific points in scenes, making each individual cut as fluid and seamless as possible.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 08Review assembled films or edited videotapes on screens or monitors to determine if corrections are necessary.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 09Verify key numbers and time codes on materials.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 10Manipulate plot, score, sound, and graphics to make the parts into a continuous whole, working closely with people in audio, visual, music, optical, or special effects departments.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss22%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
53%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 37% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Your human edge
AI touches every main task of this job in some way. Your edge is judgment: knowing when AI’s work is right, and checking it before it counts.