Curriculum

2. Editing Scenes 

    • Editing Setup
    • Editing Interface
    • Three-point Editing
    • Skill-Builder: Reading Scene – Edit and Review

3. Composition and Continuity

    • Composition
    • Shooting Continuity
    • Skill-Builder: Card Game Scene – Shoot and Review

4. Editing Continuity

    • Segment Mode Editing
    • Editing Continuity
    • Trim Tools
    • Skill-Builder: Card Game Scene – Edit and Review
    • Skill-Builder, prep: Collaborative Activity Scene and Skilled Worker Scene – Scout

5. Scene-based Storytelling

    • Brain-Game: Story Analysis
    • Story Principles
    • Story Elements
    • Final Film Project: Story Ideas

6. Camera Control

    • Rules of Coverage and Hand-Holding
    • Manual Camera Control
    • Skill-Builder: Collaborative Activity Scene – Shoot and Review

7. Sound Production

    • Power of Sound
    • Brain-Game: Listen to How You Listen to the World Around You
    • Types of Sound
    • Brain-Game: Sound Analysis
    • Microphone Types
    • Shotgun Mic and Camera Setup
    • Skill-Builder: Skilled Worker Scene – Shoot Scene 1 and Review

8. Story Outreach

    • Research
    • Final Film Project: Story Research and Pitch

9. Sound Editing

    • Sound Editing
    • Sound Layering
    • Skill-Builder: Skilled Worker Scene – Edit Scene 1 and Review

10. Story Organizing

    • Outlining Stories
    • Final Film Project: Story Outline

11. Movement

    • Shooting Movement
    • Lavalier and Shotgun Mics
    • Skill-Builder: Skilled Worker Scene, Shoot Scene 2 and Review
    • Editing Movement
    • Skill-Builder: Skilled Worker Scene – Edit Scene 2 and Review

12. Story Structure and Treatments

    • Story Structure
    • Story Treatment
    • Final Film Project: Outline Review and Treatment Writing

13. Interviewing

    • Interview Prep and Process
    • Interview Setup
    • Skill-Builder: Skilled Worker Scene – Shoot Interview and Review

14. Edit Management

    • Post-production Organization
    • Skill-Builder: Skilled Worker Scene – Post-production Organization

15. Rough Cut

    • Editing Interviews and Mixing Sound
    • Adding Titles and Dissolves
    • Skill-Builder: Skilled Worker Scene – Edit Rough Cut and Review

16. Final Project Treatment Review

    • Final Film Project: Treatment Review and Finalize

17. Final Film

    • Story Deconstruction and Scheduling
    • Final Film Project: Production Scheduling
    • Final Film Project: Shoot
    • Final Film Project: Edit
    • Final Film Project: Screening and Discussion of Final Films