11/19/2023 0 Comments Sound studio editorSide note: A “Music Editor” (by title) is not an employee of a post-production studio. Freelancers are expected to already have some editing experience/credits and possibly work off-site. Sound editors can be trained and promoted from within or come from outside the company. Lead editors get to do the heavy creative lifting. Entry level sound editors may only do simple tasks like cutting background sound fx, edit recorded Foley, or light sound design (these may be called “assistant sound editors”). There still is a hierarchy of sound editors. Sound editors are increasingly expected to know how to do detailed audio repair (using software like Izotope RX). Sound editors can be employees or freelancers. Sound editor: sometimes sound editors are role specific (dialog editor, sound designer, Foley editor) or sometimes a single sound editor covers all of those roles. An assistant could be a promoted PA or intern but may come from the outside. If you’re an assistant who can engineer, edit, handle your own tech support and know the day to day operations of a studio you’re truly an indispensable employee. These can be things like engineering sessions, doing sound editing, or small mixing projects (in addition to his/her normal job the rest of the time). The way assistants tend to move up is slowly getting opportunities at the studio. Job duties might be troubleshooting computer or gear issues, setting up and testing mics, opening and splitting AAFs, prepping Protools sessions, file management/archiving, tape laybacks, quality control, and receiving/sending files to clients. If an engineer or mixer has an issue they call an assistant to help. Unfortunately, some studios abuse the intern status so it’s important to ask questions to make sure it’s not just a PA job without pay.Īssistant (also called A2, assistant engineer, or machine room operator): Assistants help support the technical operations of the studio. I know people who waited it out in internships for over a year (without pay!) before moving into a paid PA position. Interns come and go more frequently than PAs and there is no guarantee of getting hired. An intern might get to sit in on sessions or do occasional light work (like sound editing). Intern: Interns often do the same duties as a PA but may get more opportunities because they aren’t getting paid. PA jobs are high demand and studios get a lot of applicants since it’s the “foot in the door” job. PAs may be interns who were promoted or people who applied from outside the company. PAs don’t get to hang out in sessions much (unless it’s allowed off the clock) but there’s a lot you can learn just being around. You may be one of the first ones to the studio in the morning and last to leave. On an average day, you might be making coffee, answering phones or sitting at the front desk, stocking the kitchen with snacks, studios with supplies, running errands (picking up food, supplies, hard drives to and from clients), taking out trash. PA: A “production assistant” is someone who aids in daily operations. The jobs at a post-production sound facility typically include:
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