Throughout this workshop you will learn and practice editing, the process of preparing audio, video, and other elements together to create the final version of a film.

Various aspects include bringing a sequence together, managing media and making changes, adding transitions, building titles and completing an entire scene. The workshop also covers the techniques of mixing audio, fixing audio problems, color correction, adding video filters, configuring an editing interface and building a basic story. The workshop focuses on digital, non-linear editing in order to attain entry-level positions as an editor or assistant editor.

Upon satisfactory completion of the Introduction to the World of Post Workshop, successful graduates will be able to:

• Launch and navigate Final Cut Pro
  
• Capture media and manage content
  
• Add edits to a sequence
  
• Trim an edit by rolling or rippling
  
• Understand additional tools editors use in the edit suite
  
• Add and fine-tune filters
  
• Mix audio and edit dialog

Curriculum

Week #1

• Course Overview
• Final Cut Pro Basics
• Other Editing Options
• Refining the Editing Process

Week #2

• Customizing the Interface
• Multicam Editing

Week #3

• Creating a Multitrack in Soundtrack Pro
• Editing Dialog

Week #4

• Working with Effects
• Masks and Composite Modes
• Introduction to Filters
• Speed Effects

Week #5

• Animating Layers
• Nesting

Week #6

• Basic Titles in Final Cut Pro
• Building Titles in Motion
• Basic Color Correction

Week #7

• Finishing a Project
• Basic Media Management
• Burning a DVD
• Creating a Sample Reel

Program Overview

• 7 weeks
• 54 clock hours

If you are interested in enrolling or finding more information about the World of Post Production workshop, you may fill out the request information form or contact an admissions representative at (248) 427-1800.