Get tips and listen to conversations with modern filmmakers as they discuss technology, technique, and storytelling and offer advice for new directors and editors in the industry.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Welcome
- Planning, shooting and editing the documentary: telling real stories
- The narrative film: Planning, Production and Post
- Making and working on commercials
- Understanding the importance and process of working with a composer
- Laying the musical foundation: Working with the temp score
- Appreciating the director's job
- Building a rapport and a language with the director
- Taking on the film festival circuit
- Discussing different work environments: Freelance vs. facility
- Broadening your skill set: Embracing your inner generalist
- Finding work-life balance and implementing healthy work habits
- Teaching and mentoring new filmmakers
- Strategies for working effectively with clients
- Top advice for new filmmakers and editors
- The art of storytelling in film
- The collaboration and alignment of visions
- The director-editor relationship: Elevating the project
- Trust is essential in all parts of filmmaking
- Never say no to trying something out
- The art of editing
- The process of editing
- Editing your own footage—yay or nay?
- Watching dailies and organizing footage: Setting yourself up for success
- Smart strategies for conducting screenings and feedback sessions
- Strategies for working effectively with assistant editors
Taught by
Ashley Kennedy
