Art Of Documentary – Perfect Cut

​”The Perfect Cut” is an expert-level course offered by The Art of Documentary, meticulously crafted to elevate filmmakers’ editing skills, enabling them to produce fast, flawless, and captivating content. With over 68 videos totaling more than 20 hours of in-depth instruction, this course provides lifetime access to comprehensive materials designed to transform raw footage into compelling narratives.

What You’ll Learn In Perfect Cut

Fundamentals of Editing

• An Editor’s Roles + Responsibilities
• Workflow Basics
• Key Terminology in the Edit Suite
• Editing Philosophies
• Mastering Story Structure

Organizational Basics

• The Project: What To Know
• The Offload
• The Ingest
• Sequences
• Proxies
• Technical Oddities
• Syncing Interviews + Multicam Sequences
• Gear

Building the Spine

• An Introduction To Spine Editing
• Watching + Sorting Interviews
• Envisioning an Edit: Cue Cards
• Building Your First Spines
• Spine Building Workflow
• Frankensteining
• Finding Clarity In Your Story
• Spine Workflow Breakdown: Practical examples
• Building A First Assembly

B-Roll

• Making Selects
• Good Footage vs Bad Footage
• Finding and Using Archival Footage

Music

• Scratch Music Selection
• Editing With Music
• Recognizing Patterns in Music
• Tips to Take Music to the Next Level

Building Scenes

• Basics of Scene Structure
• Scene Structure Bonus Tips
• Editing Verité Scenes
• Verité Scene Breakdown
• Editing Interview-Based Scenes
• Tips For Editing Montage
• Scene Transitions

Building a Rough Cut

• Getting to a First Rough Cut
• FOR REFERENCE: Long Run Home First Assembly
• Watching Your Own Work
• FOR REFERENCE: Long Run Home Rough Cut 1
• The Art of Notes
• Pickups and Temping
• Advancing an Edit: Going from Rough Cut to Fine Cut
• FOR REFERENCE: Long Run Home Fine Cut 1
• Advancing an Edit: Going from Fine Cut to Final
• LONG RUN HOME – Final Film

Advanced Editing

• Audio Basics
• Sound Design Basics
• Colour Correction
• Colour Grading
• Using Graphics + Subtitles
• Inside A Feature Edit: CLEAR SKY
• Inside A Commercial Edit: CKD
• Cutting Trailers
• Cutting Teasers
• Delivering to Sound
• Delivering to Colour
• Export Codecs

Professional Advice

• Improving Your Editing Abilities
• Your Editing Reel
• Setting Your Rates
• Professional Relationships

Davinci Resolve Tutorials

• Davinci Resolve vs Premiere Pro – Thinking of switching?
• Project Settings, Preferences and Menus
• Setting up your Project
• Edit Preview
• Mechanics of Editing in Resolve
• Titling, Fusion & Post Audio
• Colour Grading and Delivery

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