TV_Editor
Los Angeles, CA
Male, 38
I edit day-of-air video segments for a national television entertainment news show. I piece together 1-3 minute segments by laying down the audio of the script (the narrative voice-over), including any “sound bites.” I then take previously-shot footage, including, but not limited too, interviews, still photographs, and graphics. I also add music and a variety of effects to these pieces.
Short answer, yes and no. Most "good" actors have the voice training to pull it off. That does happen when there is a problem with the audio recording and the need to re-record. Usually if it's an off camera voice over read, they'll hire different voice talent.
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The biggest thing for me where I work is that fact that we are a "tapeless" company. I no longer have to physically load tape and digitize it in my edit bay. Cameramen bring back the footage on disk and it is "ingested" into our system faster than real time.
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Actually that's up to the make-up artist. However, I've put on a "soft filter" effect to help. Some older celebs have this done religiously!
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Usually there is around a 7 second delay for any unwanted mishaps.
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What I love most about my job is when I go home and turn on the TV and see my work. Knowing that a couple million people watch what you do every day is pretty fucking cool. What I hate? When my editing gets nitpicked or "frame fucked" (Google it) by a bunch of people who justify their high-paid, pointless jobs by making me fix things that do not need to be fixed.
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