Topics in Post-Production (378-0-20)
Topic
Finishing
Instructors
Kyle Richard Henry
Meeting Info
Louis Hall 119: Tues 6:00PM - 7:50PM
Louis Hall 118: Thurs 6:00PM - 7:50PM
Overview of class
This course is designed to take ambitious student film works-in-progress beyond the assembly or first rough-cut stage to a finished cut that has been shaped by rigorous re-evaluation. Directors or editors MUST submit the current cut of their film via a password protected private link (e.g. Vimeo or YouTube) to the instructor via email BEFORE the first week of classes. This can either be an assembly or rough cut of any length and any genre (e.g. narrative, documentary, experimental, series, et al). Classes will include: feedback sessions, test-screenings, editing labs and allowing a section of your work to be re-edited by classmates as an exercise in order to open the work up to further possibilities. Through readings and screenings, we will reflect upon editing as an artistic practice and survey current short films with high-profile distribution to better familiarize students with contemporary curatorial landscape. Additionally, via labs, you will acquire advanced finishing techniques within Premiere including: color correction, sound-mixing, titling and effects application so you can export a "festival screener" from Premiere if necessary.
Registration Requirements
RTVF 190 Media Construction. And although not a pre-requisite, RTVF 372 Editing would be very helpful.
Learning Objectives
- Evaluate/reevaluate film works-in-progress in post-production through executing several re-edits
- Synthesize post-production feedback and input to elevate quality and directorial voice/vision
- Understand current curatorial landscape for short film distribution
- Finish editing process and technically execute a festival ready screener export
Teaching Method
Attendance/ participation (both verbal + written peer feedback); three delivered re-edits of film (e.g. assembly/1st rough cut; 2nd rough cut; final locked cut); one scene re-edit from a randomly assigned peer project; and a final export of a festival screener from Premiere with temp sound mix/color correction.
Class Materials (Required)
- Readings and screenings posted to Canvas ($0)
- USB-C hard drive for editing your film (estimated cost $100)
- Either a personal laptop or use of RTVF editing suites with Premiere ($0 as RTVF is paying for Adobe Suite for all student personal computers.)
Enrollment Requirements
Enrollment Requirements: Students must have completed RTVF 190-0 in order to register for this course (concurrent registration is not allowed)
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