Editor in a Television Documentary Program Titled Compromising with the Pandemic with Tarra Budiman

Abstract

This qualitative research with a descriptive approach aims to produce a television documentary program entitled "Compromising with the Pandemic with Tarra Budiman". Data collection techniques: literacy, observation, and interviews with research objects. The results of the discussion stated: (1) The author as the editor presents facts about Tarra Budiman's struggle to survive economically during the pandemic; (2) Audience segmentation in this program is 13-50 years old with socio-economic status A,B,C; (3) A documentary program that lasts 13 minutes and 8 seconds with the characteristics of live record production (tapping); (4) Editor at the pre-production stage: in charge of following the process of making story ideas; (5) The editor in the production stage coordinates the cameraperson to take pictures according to the scenario that has been created, and assists the cameraperson in shooting (6) The editor in the post-production stage is responsible for constructing the course of the story according to the scenario that has been created by the producer. The conclusion of an editor is that he must be able to convey the message of a human interest documentary video with a deep message, hoping that the audience will be immersed in the story of the source.