Career Details

As an editor, you have the unique opportunity to shape a story, enhancing the emotional impact and pacing of a project. This role requires collaboration with directors and other creative professionals, making it a dynamic and engaging environment. Additionally, demand for skilled editors continues to grow in the ever-evolving film and media industry, offering promising job prospects and opportunities for career advancement.

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Editing Topics Covered

• Editing for TV and film

• How to take direction

• Finding your character's world and emotional center

• Editing for social media

• Breaking down a script

• Creating a budget

• People management skills

• How to breakdown a scene and determine the character arcs

• Technical aspects of editing

• Finding your personal sense of self in your craft

• Where editing fits in the bigger picture of the industry process

• How to create different worlds based on various editing techniques​​

• Angles, lighting, and other visual storytelling tools

• Much more!

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Wellness Topics Covered

• How to maintain a healthy creative lifestyle balance (discipline, schedule, rent, etc.)

• Dealing with harassment (long hours, food on set, sexual, emotional, etc.)

• How to critique/give feedback

• Professional development (expectations, behavior on set, maintaining connections, marketing yourself, how to say no to people [knowing when the answer is no and how to make as few people hate you as possible])

• How to deal with social media content and feedback

• What notes are, how to interpret them & how to deal with feelings of being attacked emotionally

• Your support team (manager, agent, etc.) and tips how to grow your career

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Language

All classes are taught in English

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Video Recording

Classes are not recorded for later use​

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Scholarships

​Scholarships are available on a limited basis to those who can demonstrate a financial need. To request a scholarship review meeting, please fill out the scholarship request form here.