What the work involves

Most of the day is footage review under a written rubric. You watch clips — a lot of them robotic or machine-captured video, which means fixed cameras, odd framing, and imperfect audio — and mark what happens: actions, events, object interactions, state changes. Alongside that you assess technical quality: is the audio in sync, is the subject framed and in focus, does the clip cut mid-action, is there dropped signal or a continuity break between segments. Labels come from a predefined taxonomy, and you add a concise written description where the categories don't capture what you saw.

The standard here is consistency more than flair. Two producers looking at the same twelve-second clip should tag it the same way, and when they don't, the disagreement gets surfaced and adjudicated. Expect guideline revisions mid-project, batches sent back with reviewer feedback, and occasional calibration rounds where your labels are compared against a gold set.

What the screen looks for

micro1 runs an AI-led interview. It will ask about your production background in specifics — formats you've worked in, roles you held, tools you used in post — and then follow up on the technical fundamentals: what audio drift looks like versus a hard sync error, how you'd describe a continuity break, what makes framing wrong rather than just unusual. No AI or annotation experience is required and claiming it isn't an advantage; describing footage precisely and following a rubric without improvising is.

  • Concrete production credits or academic work, with your actual role named
  • Working vocabulary for video and audio fundamentals that survives a follow-up question
  • Comfort writing short, literal descriptions rather than interpretive ones
  • Realistic weekly availability and a stable remote setup

Logistics

Contractor engagement, fully remote and largely asynchronous — you pull batches from a queue and work them on your own schedule, with periodic syncs or written feedback from project leads. Observed pay for this band runs $50–90/hr, varying with project and assessed depth; it is not guaranteed. Volume fluctuates by project phase, so treat it as supplemental rather than a fixed weekly commitment unless a lead tells you otherwise. You'll need reliable bandwidth for video streaming, headphones good enough to hear sync and noise-floor issues, and a display you can watch for extended stretches.