My
BTEC Media students and I are looking at
job roles in the TV and Film Industries. We recently looked at managerial roles and I specifically wrote about production managers here. In this post, I will look at editorial roles in the TV and film industries.
Editorial jobs are often found
in the print industry but there are also some notable editorial roles in the
television and film industry. These jobs require a person to check over often written
work such as scripts, reviewing the work that has been produced and give notes
or suggestions on how to adapt and improve it, and perhaps collect and arrange
bits of work together into a final piece. Some examples are script editors and
film editors.
Script Editors analyse scripts in order to help
screenwriters to identify problems with their work. They are involved in
communicating between producers and screenwriters, helping to explain to a
screenwriter the consequences of their choices. For example if a screenwriter
wants a spectacular computer generated climax in outer space, the script editor
may have to explain the producers concerns over the budget of such a set-piece.
A Script Editor will help to strengthen a screenplay and get it ready for development.
Sometimes they will be employed full-time by a production company but usually
they are freelancers and therefore their fee and level of involvement can
differ and be negotiated.
Script Editors must have an excellent knowledge of all
aspects of screenplay writing and development. Their communication skills must
also be excellent as they have a very delicate role in liaising between
producers and screenwriters and therefore the business and creative sides of
film and television production. Script Editors will be highly educated, often
experienced script readers and will have likely taken a respected industry
Script Editing course.
Again a great deal of this information came from the amazing Skillset website and more specifically the section on script editors. Next time I'll be looking at creative jobs in the TV and film industries. Again if any script editors read this, please get in touch, I'd love to hear from you!
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