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Creative & Media · Updated Aug 2026

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.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
65/100
High

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

Replacement Risk
58/100
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 coverage84%

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
Select and combine the most effective shots of each scene to form a logical and smoothly running story.High
76
Organize and string together raw footage into a continuous whole according to scripts or the instructions of directors and producers.High
74
Edit films and videotapes to insert music, dialogue, and sound effects, to arrange films into sequences, and to correct errors, using editing equipment.High
73
Review footage sequence by sequence to become familiar with it before assembling it into a final product.High
76
Mark frames where a particular shot or piece of sound is to begin or end.High
76
Determine the specific audio and visual effects and music necessary to complete films.High
75
Set up and operate computer editing systems, electronic titling systems, video switching equipment, and digital video effects units to produce a final product.High
62
Manipulate 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.High
75
Study scripts to become familiar with production concepts and requirements.Medium
76
Confer with producers and directors concerning layout or editing approaches needed to increase dramatic or entertainment value of productions.Medium
76
Discuss the sound requirements of pictures with sound effects editors.Medium
76
Record needed sounds or obtain them from sound effects libraries.High
76
Supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in film editing, assembling, and recording activities.Medium
73
Review assembled films or edited videotapes on screens or monitors to determine if corrections are necessary.High
38
Collaborate with music editors to select appropriate passages of music and develop production scores.Medium
75
Conduct film screenings for directors and members of production staffs.High
61
Trim film segments to specified lengths and reassemble segments in sequences that present stories with maximum effect.High
25
Cut shot sequences to different angles at specific points in scenes, making each individual cut as fluid and seamless as possible.High
19
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

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

  1. Select and combine the most effective shots of each scene to form a logical and smoothly running story.76
  2. Review footage sequence by sequence to become familiar with it before assembling it into a final product.76
  3. Mark frames where a particular shot or piece of sound is to begin or end.76
  4. Study scripts to become familiar with production concepts and requirements.76
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. Cut shot sequences to different angles at specific points in scenes, making each individual cut as fluid and seamless as possible.01
  2. Trim film segments to specified lengths and reassemble segments in sequences that present stories with maximum effect.02
  3. Review assembled films or edited videotapes on screens or monitors to determine if corrections are necessary.03
  4. Select and combine the most effective shots of each scene to form a logical and smoothly running story.04
  5. Organize and string together raw footage into a continuous whole according to scripts or the instructions of directors and producers.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 dependency71
Physical dependency32
Adoption pressure61
Labour-market resilience53
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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