Editing Course Curriculum
In many ways the film editor is the most misunderstood of all filmmakers. Often considered just a film technician, a good editor is, without doubt, much more than that. He or she is also a qualified storyteller of the highest order. Yes, the film editor assembles all of the footage that the director has shot, but it is his job to put it together in a manner that will keep the audience guessing and craving more. It is no wonder that within the film community, a good editor is highly revered, and considered a magician with the power to make or break a film.
For this reason there are two aspects to the Film Connection Editing Program: the storytelling aspect and the technical aspect. You will learn both. While you apprentice one on one under a professional editor in a post production facility learning Final Cut Pro, you will also learn storytelling from our structured course curriculum for Producers and Directors.
Please review what you will learn by taking our one on one course in film editing. As a Film Connection student, you will do approximately 2 lessons per week for six months, and learn things like:
- Savings, hiding, and quitting in Final Cut Pro
- How to begin and organize program elements
- How to mark clips
- How to use the timeline
- How to copy, paste, and cut clips on the timeline
- Using the overwrite and insert functions
- Dragging and dropping
- Starting your rough cut
- Working with cutaways and insert shots
- Cutting to music and narration
- Adding sound to your sequence
- Applying video and audio to clips
- Trimming techniques
- How to use Selection, R Ripple, Slip, Roll, and Slide
- Adjusting Edit Points
- Transitioning to video and audio tracks
- How to create subclips from clips
- Reconnecting media in Final Cut Pro
- Capturing footage using a deck or camera
- Changing motion properties
- Working with Key Frames
- Creating online sequence
- Mixing audio
- Exporting to quicktime, quicktime conversion, exporting to tape
In addition to the technical aspect of editing, you will also learn storytelling. Upon completion of this 6 month program, you will also learn:
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Film Geek 101 - Knowing your movies
- Drama
- Comedy
- Romance
- Thriller, Suspense
- Horror
- Sci-Fi/Fantasy
- The Screenplay
- Story Structure
- The Protagonist and Antagonist
- Characters
- Dialogue
- The History of American and World Cinema
Lesson One
In this lesson, you will learn to open, save, hide and quit Final Cut Pro; understand the functions of the program’s interface; how to begin a project and organize basic program elements; as well as how to change the layout to suit your editing needs.
Lesson Two
In this lesson, you will understand how to play and mark clips. You will learn how to edit your marked clips to a Timeline using the Overwrite and Insert functions; as well as the Drag-and-drop method. Furthermore, you will learn how to change Timeline parameters and adjust a clip’s audio within the Timeline and Viewer.
Lesson Three
Lesson three focuses on starting your rough cut. You will also learn how to copy, paste and cut clips on the Timeline. In addition, you will work with adding cutaways or insert shots to your sequence with the Drag-and-drop and Three-point-editing techniques.
Lesson Four
In this lesson, you will continue working on a rough cut and incorporate the techniques of cutting to music and narration. You will cover some of the many uses of Markers to aid the editing process. Finally, you will work with the basics of adding sound to your sequence.
Lesson Five
Lesson five focuses on trimming techniques. You will gain a better understanding on how to use the Selection, Ripple, Slip, Roll and Slide tools to adjust edit points. You will also learn how to add basic transitions to video and audio tracks.
Lesson Six
In this lesson, you will further your command of the program by creating Subclips from clips, adding Markers to clips, and using the Replace edit function. You will also learn how to reconnect media in Final Cut Pro.
Lesson Seven
Lesson seven deals with capturing footage using a deck or camera. You will learn how to preview your footage, mark footage for capture, and log clips. You will also learn how to use the three different capturing methods: Capture Clip, Capture Now, and Batch Capture.
Lesson Eight
In this lesson, you will learn the basics of changing some of the motion properties, which includes speed, freezing a frame, and adjusting size and position. You will also cover the uses of Keyframes. Furthermore, you will learn how to apply video and audio filters to clips, copy and paste attributes, and add basic titles to a sequence.
Lesson Nine
In this lesson, you will begin the finishing process of your cut. You will learn how to create an online sequence, mix audio using the mixing layout, and perform basic color correction.
Lesson Ten
In your final lesson, you will cover how to export your cut in a variety of different ways. You will export a QuickTime movie, QuickTime conversion, audio only, and learn how to export to tape.
