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Creative & Media · Updated Aug 2026

Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film

Operate television, video, or film camera to record images or scenes for television, video, or film productions.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
56/100
Moderate

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
46/100
Moderate

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence82/100
Task coverage87%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Edit video for broadcast productions, including non-linear editing.High
75
Operate television or motion picture cameras to record scenes for television broadcasts, advertising, or motion pictures.High
74
Compose and frame each shot, applying the technical aspects of light, lenses, film, filters, and camera settings to achieve the effects sought by directors.High
75
Adjust positions and controls of cameras, printers, and related equipment to change focus, exposure, and lighting.High
72
Operate zoom lenses, changing images according to specifications and rehearsal instructions.High
74
Use cameras in any of several different camera mounts, such as stationary, track-mounted, or crane-mounted.High
75
Read and analyze work orders and specifications to determine locations of subject material, work procedures, sequences of operations, and machine setups.High
72
Set up cameras, optical printers, and related equipment to produce photographs and special effects.Medium
74
Set up and operate electric news gathering (ENG) microwave vehicles to gather and edit raw footage on location to send to television affiliates for broadcast.Medium
73
Read charts and compute ratios to determine variables such as lighting, shutter angles, filter factors, and camera distances.Medium
74
Observe sets or locations for potential problems and to determine filming and lighting requirements.High
38
Confer with directors, sound and lighting technicians, electricians, and other crew members to discuss assignments and determine filming sequences, desired effects, camera movements, and lighting requirements.High
23
Assemble studio sets and select and arrange cameras, film stock, audio, or lighting equipment to be used during filming.High
23
View films to resolve problems of exposure control, subject and camera movement, changes in subject distance, and related variables.High
24
Instruct camera operators regarding camera setups, angles, distances, movement, and variables and cues for starting and stopping filming.High
18
Test, clean, maintain, and repair broadcast equipment, including testing microphones, to ensure proper working condition.High
22
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Edit video for broadcast productions, including non-linear editing.75
  2. Compose and frame each shot, applying the technical aspects of light, lenses, film, filters, and camera settings to achieve the effects sought by directors.75
  3. Use cameras in any of several different camera mounts, such as stationary, track-mounted, or crane-mounted.75
  4. Operate television or motion picture cameras to record scenes for television broadcasts, advertising, or motion pictures.74
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Instruct camera operators regarding camera setups, angles, distances, movement, and variables and cues for starting and stopping filming.01
  2. Assemble studio sets and select and arrange cameras, film stock, audio, or lighting equipment to be used during filming.02
  3. Test, clean, maintain, and repair broadcast equipment, including testing microphones, to ensure proper working condition.03
  4. Confer with directors, sound and lighting technicians, electricians, and other crew members to discuss assignments and determine filming sequences, desired effects, camera movements, and lighting requirements.04
  5. View films to resolve problems of exposure control, subject and camera movement, changes in subject distance, and related variables.05
Where else this work leads

Related occupations

Occupations O*NET links to this one. Relatedness reflects shared work, not a claim that these roles are safer.

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency79
Physical dependency61
Adoption pressure50
Labour-market resilience65
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence82/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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