Craft Editing - SHORTCOURSES@NFTS

Next Course Dates

27 February 2012 to 02 March 2012  

Did you teach yourself Final Cut Pro? Did your best with Avid Express, but still feel that you are missing out on the craft of editing? This course is for those who came to editing from a non-traditional route and are keen to learn the craft of editing.

Taking a number of examples from both drama and documentary, this course will introduce you to the concepts of editing from grammar to storytelling, so that you will come to see editing as a key to the entire process of filmmaking, not just as what happens in the final stage.

Course Aims & Objectives:
To introduce participants to the craft of editing from its widest perspectives
To gain an understanding of narrative, story arc and story telling techniques
To gain practical knowledge of editing in various genres through practical exercises

By the end of the course, participants will have:
A thorough knowledge of what an editor brings to a project
Experience of cutting various genres
An understanding of the creative process from a variety of perspectives (including that of a drama director, documentary producer and music composer)
An overview of the post-production routes and possibilities for a finished film

Through a series of editing exercises, viewings and discussions this course will introduce you to the concepts of:
Narrative storytelling
Film grammar
Narration/Commentary
Use of music
Building mood in a sequence

NOTE: For this course you should be operationally competent on FCP or Avid Xpress Pro

Number of Places: 6           Length: 5 days

Freelance Rate:  £775        Full fee:  £1400

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