Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for sound editing
- Participate in pre-production meetings with relevant personnel to discuss production requirements and procedures
- Check that necessary copyright releases have been organised
- Consider the impact of different release sound formats when planning editing work
- Check sound equipment to ensure it is operational and appropriate for the task
- Prepare a team work plan as required and brief relevant personnel accordingly
- Obtain original sound sources and assess their quality against production requirements
- Check any documentation in the receipt and preparation of original recordings and copies for productions
- Advise where sound sources do not meet quality and production requirements and propose options to resolve issues as required
- Anticipate problems that may arise during the editing process and plan accordingly
- Edit complex sound sequences
- Check the format of all sound sources, ensuring it is compatible with editing software, equipment and media output
- Critically listen to sound sources to determine the extent and range of required edits
- Manipulate editing software and equipment to produce required outcomes and to resolve identified problems
- Work sensitively and constructively with relevant personnel to achieve best production outcomes
- Create overall sound context
- Determine the purpose for which sound is being used in productions
- Identify, select and/or produce appropriate sound effects or elements
- Apply knowledge and understanding of sonic lexicon to enhance final creative outcomes
- Note sound effects and elements on spotting sheets
- Incorporate sound effects and elements to meet creative requirements
- Finalise editing operations
- Participate in spotting sessions with relevant personnel and make adjustments to mix as required
- Ensure that final files are in the correct format
- Manage the quality check of the final sound mix in line with enterprise procedures and production requirements
- Archive edited audio files and complete associated documentation according to enterprise procedures
- Ensure that work environment is left clean and ready for the next user
- In collaboration with support personnel, organise and maintain sound effects libraries for future productions
- Provide feedback to other team members as required
- Evaluate own performance against technical and creative criteria and note areas for improvement