Basic Concepts of Film & Video Editing

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Free Online Course: Basic Concepts of Film & Video Editing provided by Swayam is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 8 weeks long. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from Swayam. Basic Concepts of Film & Video Editing is taught by Saikat Sekhareswar Ray.

Overview
  • The course will deal with a very crucial part of the post production process of filmmaking i.e. editing. The course briefly touches the history of editing, its invention and application and how it has influenced the language of cinema. Although editing is considered an art by many, one has to have a thorough technical knowledge of the science of editing to be able to join shots together. The course has explanation of basic joining of shots to understanding complex narrative structures and how they unconsciously make a film work. At the end of the course, the student should be in a position to edit his or her own simple narrative film.

Syllabus
  • COURSE LAYOUT

    Week 1
    1: Basic Concepts of Editing (Part-I)
    2: Basic Concepts of Editing (Part-2)
    3: Basic Concepts of Editing (Part-3)

    Week 2
    4: Creative Role of the Editor (Part-1)
    5; Creative Role of the Editor (Part-2)
    6: Creative Role of the Editor (Part-3)

    Week 3
    7: Creative Role of the Editor (Part-4)
    8: Basic Aspects of Film Editing
    9: Techniques of Joining Two Shots

    Week 4
    10: Match Cut, Invisible Cut etc
    11: Imaginary Line, 30 Degree Rule etc
    12: Methods and techniques

    Week 5
    13: Narrativisation
    14: Digital Editing Software and Equipment
    15: Editing Basics Part-1

    Week 6
    16: Editing Basics Part -2
    17: FCP Introduction
    18: Interface

    Week 7
    19: Capturing and Transferring Video ,
    20: Basic editing Functions
    21: Image Sizes, Settings and Motion Tab


    Week 8
    22: Manipulations
    23: Audio, Key Framing and Text
    24: Colour Correction & Chroma Keying25: Short Cuts and Exports