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WHAT: An intensive documentary editing course, introducing beginners to industry standard editing software (Adobe Premier Pro) to get them started on editing their own documentaries.

WHERE: In person, in our edit suite at UCL East, Stratford.

WHEN: Saturday the 18th and Sunday the 19th of January 2025, 10:00- 17:00.

WHO: Run by Chloe White, professional filmmaker, editor and creative director of Whalebone Films.

HOW MUCH: £265/£245/£225

COSTS & BURSARIES: Bursaries and concession rates are available for this course. Please see our Terms & Conditions for information.

Deadline: Please sign up to this course by Monday the 6th of January.

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Documentary editing can be a bit like carpentry – shaping a mound of footage into something that tells a story.

This practice-based course is aimed at new and emerging directors and editors, with no or little experience of documentary editing. Working on Adobe Premiere Pro, we’ll explore the art and craft of documentary editing, from creating visual narratives to working with sound, music, and graphics.

Session 1

In session 1, we’ll begin by learning the nuts and bolts of Premiere Pro using Open City Docs’ editing suite. After learning about hard drive management, students will look at starting a new project in Premiere, logging footage, and the basics of editing footage together. We’ll explore editing interviews, alongside editing observational footage. Using documentary footage, students will have a go editing a scene.

Learning outcomes:

• Hard drive management
• Starting a new Premiere Project
• Getting to know the interface
• Importing the material
• Logging footage
• Building the timeline
• Editing a sequence

Session 2

In the next session, we’ll continue where we left off. Students will learn to create atmospheres using sound, and where and how to use music in film. In this session we’ll also cover basic sound correction, colour grading,  graphics, and subtitling. We’ll  then discuss scripting and structuring, watching some short films and understanding different narrative techniques. Finally, students will have a go editing a short film.

• Sound editing: basic concepts
• Sound design
• Colour grading
• Working with text and subtitles
• Narrative techniques and storytelling
• Paper editing and building a structure
• Practical exercise

This course takes place in-person over one weekend from 10:00 am to 5 pm, with a 1 hour lunch break.

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