Overview
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Learn how to edit video in this project-based introduction to both the aesthetic and technical aspects of video editing.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- Using the exercise files
- What is story?
- What is an editor's role in the storytelling process?
- Exploring the ethics of editing
- Exploring coverage and shot composition
- Exploring shot and lens movement
- Exploring the "rules" of continuity editing
- Understanding complexity editing
- Exploring timing and pacing
- Exploring structure and transitions
- How we'll be editing in this course
- Understanding the similarities among all editing applications
- Understanding differences between track-based editing vs. storyline-based editing
- Exploring previsualization materials
- Organizing the assets
- Starting the edit: Continuity editing
- Building the scene: Complexity editing
- Refining the scene: Trimming and matching to music
- Reviewing the cut
- Planning the edit
- Laying the foundation
- Adding music and B-roll
- Refining the scene
- Adjusting audio
- Adding basic effects and titles
- Reviewing the cut
- A look at sound design
- A look at effect design
- A look at color correction
- Next steps
