WEEK 1 – January 27, 2020
- Lecture: What is Editing? Course Overview
- Screen: Bourne Ultimatum, Raise the Red Lantern, In the Mood for Love
- Lab: Creating and Saving Projects in Premiere Pro CC
- Assignment: Shot Analysis
- Premiere Pro CC Essential Training: Chap.1 “Touring the Interface,” Chap.2 “Importing,” Chap.3 “Marking and Selecting Clips”
(Remember: Free access to Premiere Pro CC is via NYPL or BKPL lynda dot com - see free lynda instructions)
WEEK 2 - February 3, 2020
- Due: Shot Analysis
- Lecture: Shots, Continuity Editing: Match Action/POV/Cutaway/Reaction shots/180 degree rule, Montage
- Screen: “Whiplash,” “Manhattan”, “Rocky”
- Lab: Premiere Interface, Project Window, Viewing and Marking Clips
- Assignment: Select/research Montage Project 1
- Premiere Pro CC Essential: Chap.4 “Basic Video Editing,” Chap.5 “Advanced Editing Techniques”
(Remember: Free access to Premiere Pro CC is via NYPL or BKPL lynda dot com - see free lynda instructions)
WEEK 3 - February 10, 2020
- Lecture: Montage (2)
- Screen: selected music videos
- Lab: Importing, Building a Rough Cut
- Assignment: Rough Cut Project 1
- Premiere Pro CC Essential Training: Chap.6 “Improving Your Efficiency and Editing Workflow”, Chap.7 “Basic Audio Mixing”
(Remember: Free access to Premiere Pro CC is via NYPL or BKPL lynda dot com - see free lynda instructions)
WEEK 4 - February 24, 2020
- Lab: Refining in the Timeline, Exporting
- Assignment: Complete Project 1
- Premiere Pro CC Essential Training: Chap.10 “Modifying Speed,” Chap.11 “Transitions,” Chap 15 “Exporting”
(Remember: Free access to Premiere Pro CC is via NYPL or BKPL lynda dot com - see free lynda instructions)
WEEK 5 – March 2, 2020
- Due: Project 1, Critique
- Lecture: Dialogue scene editing
- Screen: “Jackie,” “No Country for old Man,” “The Social Network”
- Homework: Read both:
- Boyde, N. (2014) Walter Murch and the "Rule of Six" - Film Editing. Video & Filmmaker.com.
- V Renée (2016) 6 'Rules' for Good Cutting According to Oscar-Winning Editor Walter Murch. No Film School.
- Premiere Pro CC Essential Training: Narrative Scene Editing Chap.1 “Preparing to Edit”, Chap.2 “Shot Selection,” Chap 3 “Dialogue Scene Building”
(Remember: Free access to Premiere Pro CC is via NYPL or BKPL lynda dot com - see free lynda instructions)
WEEK 6 – March 9, 2020
- QUIZ 1
- Lecture: The Rule of Six
- Screen: “Silver Linings Playbook,” “The Big Short,”
- Lab: Trimming, Premiere Pro Guru: Mastering the Timeline
- Assignment: Rough Cut Project 2
WEEK 7 – March 16, 2020
- Lecture: Timing, pacing
- Screen: “Certain Women,” “Spotlight”
- Lab: Trimming, Refine cuts
- Assignment: Fine Cut of Project 2
WEEK 8 – March 23, 2020
- Lecture: Sound Design
- Lab: Editing & Mixing Dialogue
- Homework: Complete Project 2
- Premiere Pro CC Essential Training: Chap.12 “Effects,” Chap.13 “Creating Titles”
(Remember: Free access to Premiere Pro CC is via NYPL or BKPL lynda dot com - see free lynda instructions)
WEEK 9 – March 30, 2020
- Due: Project 2
- Screening and Critique: Of your Project 2
- Lecture: Documentary Editing
- Assignment: Documentary editing proposal and footage
WEEK 10 – April 6, 2020
- DUE: Documentary editing proposal and footage
- Lecture: Documentary Editing 2
- Assignment: Log footage Project 3
WEEK 11 – April 20, 2020
- Lecture & Lab: Documentary workflow - Pulling selects, Multicam, Building scenes
- Edit Day
- Assignment: Building a structure/content
- Premiere Pro CC Essential Training: Chap.14 “Multicam”
(Remember: Free access to Premiere Pro CC is via NYPL or BKPL lynda dot com - see free lynda instructions)
WEEK 12 – April 27, 2020
- Lab: Title Design, Graphic and Effects
- Edit Day
- Lab/Premiere Pro CC Essential Training: Chap. 9 “Working with Stills and Graphics”, Chap.13 "Creating Titles”
- Assignment: Rough Cut 1
(Remember: Free access to Premiere Pro CC is via NYPL or BKPL lynda dot com - see free lynda instructions)
WEEK 13 – May 4, 2020
- QUIZ 2
- Lecture: The Short Film Forum, Documentary and Narrative hybrid
- Lab: Syncing Double System Dailies, Color Correction
- Edit Day
- Assignment: Rough Cut 2
WEEK 14 – May 11, 2020
- Lab: Documentary editing technique cont.
- Edit Day
- Assignment: Complete Project 3
WEEK 15 – May 18, 2020
Unless otherwise noted, Film 2701 Film Editing Open Educational Resource (OER) was created by Professor and Filmmaker Sen-I Yun for Brooklyn College in 2019, updated in 2020 and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. [Detailed license and acknowledgements]