PRO level. Film editing - free course from Skillbox, training, Date: November 29, 2023.

He has been editing feature films since 2007. She worked on the films “Jetlag”, “Metro”, “On the Hook”, “Dovlatov” and others. Since 2014 he has been teaching the theory and practice of editing.

Introduction to Montage Theory
Get acquainted with the stages of film production: pre-production, production, post-production. You will understand the main programs for editing. Find out the benefits of the Avid Media program and learn how to install it.

Avid Media Composer: Basics
You will understand in which projects you need to use Avid Media Composer. Learn to sort material on your hard drive or server. Learn how to find a project in the program and import source files.

Avid Media Composer: continued
Learn to work with a production director's documents: literary and director's scripts, editing sheets and storyboards. You will understand how to combine audio from the recorder and a video file. Learn to create sequences, export and import beans.

Working with takes and rough editing
Learn how to edit videos in the Timeline panel and set up Smart Tools, which help you edit videos faster. You will understand how to choose successful takes and phases and create a rough cut.

Trimming and dialogues
Learn to automatically save projects and restore them. You’ll figure out how to set up hotkeys and trim dialogues correctly so that the logic of the plot is not broken.

Directing editing in feature films
Get acquainted with the basics of screenwriting and understand how to build the main character's line in a film. You will analyze in practice the mistakes and appropriate techniques of the rough version of the editing.

Working with sound
Learn how to adjust volume and use the Audio Mixer tool to get the sound you want. You'll understand how to clean up audio, select audio takes, create titles, and export files.

Dialogues
Learn how to edit dialogue and work with the director to select the right takes. Get acquainted with film genres: drama, comedy, thriller. You will understand how to use the right tools for each of them.

Artistic techniques in editing
You will learn how to stitch together frames and make the right transitions between frames. You will understand why the techniques of counterpoint, split screen, and frame proportions are needed and how to use them in editing.

Dynamic editing and action scenes
You will learn how to edit movement, action scenes and work with pauses in the frame. Learn to stitch together video and sound.

Titles as part of the film
You will understand the role titles play in the visual design of a film and learn how to place them correctly. Learn to correctly display SMS on the screen and convey the thoughts of the characters.

Finish installation
Learn how to create the final version of editing and transfer the project to graphics, color correction and sound processing.

Graduation project. Short film
Edit a full-fledged short film with a plot and dialogues. Defend it to your teachers.