Film Editing Pro – The Art Of Drama Editing PRO

Learn the Art of Drama Editing

A Step-By-Step Training Course for Filmmakers, Editors and Online Content Creators

Lessons are designed to teach you creative editing skills you can use on any project

What You’ll Learn In The Art Of Drama Editing PRO?

MODULE 1 | INTRODUCTION

• Lesson 1: Welcome to The Art of Drama Editing

An overview of the course and everything that you’ll be learning in the next 40+ lessons

• Lesson 2: Introduction to Drama Editing

Learn why dramatic themes are central to every type of story and how this impacts your edit

MODULE 2 | DRAMATIC EDITING BASICS

• Lesson 3: Filmmaking Essentials for Editors

An editor’s look at the filmmaking process to improve your understanding of source materials & coverage

• Lesson 4: Deconstructing Facial Expressions & Body Language

Dive into the nuance of human expression to help choose the best takes and performances for each moment

• Lesson 5: Understanding Film Story Structure

A breakdown of the 12 story stages in the linear narrative in an easily understandable way

MODULE 3 | GETTING STARTED & PROJECT SETUP

• Lesson 6: Project Overview

An overview of the hands-on editing portion of the course and how it’s organized

• Lesson 7: Downloading Your Files

There’s a lot to download for this project, so we’ll be guiding you through the process

• Lesson 8: Importing the Footage, Music & Sound

Best practices for importing your files in preparation to begin the editing part of this course

• Lesson 9: Feature Film Organization Techniques

Learn how to properly manage the large amount of media required for a feature-length film

• Lesson 10: Setting Up a Feature Film Timeline

Create an organized timeline that meets the unique requirements for cutting a project of this size & length

• Lesson 11: Reviewing the Script & Watching the Film

Here you’ll learn about story and characters in the film you’ll be cutting along with us

• Lesson 12: Film Production Realities

Gain insight into the realities of film production and how that affects your post-production workflow

• Lesson 13: Creating Feature Breakdowns & Selects

Learn how professional editors arrange footage, quickly review all the takes and find the best performances

MODULE 4 | ROUGH CUT EDITING

• Lesson 14: Cutting the First Scene

It’s time to start editing and cut your first scene from the film together with us

• Lesson 15: Cutting the Argument at the Hotel

Cut another part of the film with us and see the dramatic considerations to take with arguments & anger

• Lesson 16: Cutting the Love Scene in the Treehouse

Edit with us as we cut a love scene and discuss actor eyelines and blocking

MODULE 5 | PLAYING WITH TIME & SPACE

• Lesson 17: Deconstructing the Dramatic Montage

Learn the proper techniques for crafting this emotional and widely-used film componen

• Lesson 18: Editing Your Own Montage

Edit with us as we craft a dramatic montage sequence set to music

• Lesson 19: Flashbacks & Dream Sequences

Explore how to edit flashbacks & dream sequences and the functions they play in an edit

• Lesson 20: Interweaving Storylines with Cross-cutting

Edit with us as we combine two different sections from the film using cross-cutting

• Lesson 21: Smoothing Connections in a Cross-cut Sequence – Part 1

Learn how to make a cross-cut sequence play smoothly by fine-tuning both picture & sound

• Lesson 22: Smoothing Connections in a Cross-cut Sequence – Part 2

Getting multiple cross-cut scenes to combine naturally is easier said than done! Part 2 continues the process.

MODULE 6 | CREATIVE PICTURE & SOUND EDITING

• Lesson 23: Using Sound to Simulate Thoughts & Memories

Learn how to show what a character is thinking without hearing them speaking

• Lesson 24: Deconstructing a Thought Simulation Sequence

Analyzing the sound design and audio effects used to convincingly simulate a character’s thoughts

• Lesson 25: Bringing a Scene to Life with Foley – Building the Cut

Edit with us as we rough cut a scene to prepare for foley and sound design work

• Lesson 26: Bringing a Scene to Life with Foley – Layering the Sound

Learn to build a realistic and immersive world with layers of foley and background sounds

• Lesson 27: Cutting with Style & Imagination – Picture

Edit with us to create a different edit that veers off script but creates more impact

• Lesson 28: Cutting with Style & Imagination – Sound & Music

Add layers of sound and music to enhance the drama already present in the footage

MODULE 7 | BUILDING THE FEATURE FILM

• Lesson 29: The Mechanics of Scene Pacing & Timing

Learn how to determine which scenes to cut faster, slower and everything in between

• Lesson 30: Pacing a Cut Three Different Ways

Watch as we demonstrate 3 pacing variations of a cut and discuss how and why the edit changes

• Lesson 31: Assembling the Feature

Follow along as we combine all of the edit scenes into a master feature timeline

• Lesson 32: Basic Scoring Techniques

How to “spot” and score the film – plus learn techniques for upcutting and extending music

• Lesson 33: Crafting Effective Film Transitions

Learn the roles of transitions, when to enhance them and when to keep them hidden

• Lesson 34: Smoothing Transitions Between Our Scenes

Edit with us as we smooth and refine the scene transitions throughout the film

MODULE 8 | AUDIO & VIDEO POLISHING

• Lesson 35: The Audio Mixing Process

Mixing can be tricky but we’ll be showing you exactly how ensure your cuts sound as good as they look

• Lesson 36: Color Correction & Grading

Learn the theory and principles behind color correction and grading your footage plus best practices for each

• Lesson 37: Outputting Your Film for Presentation & Delivery

You’ll learn some best practices for outputting a feature film to deliver or present to a client

MODULE 9 | WRAP-UP

• Lesson 38: Reviewing Key Lessons Learned

A quick review of the most important concepts and ideas that we covered in the course

• Lesson 39: Next Steps

We’ll be giving you some ideas and suggestions for taking your training further into the future

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