AtticusLake
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For anyone interested in editing, particularly documentary editing, I want to tell you about a fantastic editing course on the net: Inside The Edit. https://insidetheedit.com/
I'm not affiliated with them in any way, I just pay my monthly fee like everyone else. But I felt I had to pass on the link for those who haven't heard of it, because it's such an incredible resource.
The course doesn't cover any of the usual crap you can get on a million YouNoob videos -- press this key to make a cut, this key to insert, etc. It assumes you can read the manual to make your software work. (Or go to creative cow and search for Andrew Devis.)
Instead, the course is all about actual editing -- how to cut footage to tell a story in a compelling and entertaining way. It covers things like how to construct a story arc, how to set the right pace, how to time your cuts, how to match B-roll to interview footage, how to intercut between different streams of footage, and so on. You can go to the site to see the list of chapters.
The course has been steadily (well, somewhat intermittently) growing since I subscribed. As of now there are 69 tutorials in 10 chapters, averaging 20 minutes each, for over 23 hours total. The tutorials vary in length depending on content, from a few minutes to over an hour. The presentation is fantastic, clear and understandable, with plenty of examples to show how it's done.
One of the most awesome things is the included footage. The course creator (Paddy Bird) shot a complete 1-hour documentary, just as it would be done for real -- a total of 35 hours of footage, with B-roll, spot interviews, and master interviews -- and you get that raw footage with the course, so you can practice editing. There are set course-work projects to do based on the footage, but you can just do your own thing with it -- for example right now I'm trying to edit up a short interview extracted from the whole thing. You get the low-res footage for free, or pay extra for a hard drive with 720p versions (I did, it looks great). It helps a lot that the subject of the documentary is actually really interesting, and it's really well shot; the final documentary would easily be broadcast-worthy.
The course is focused on documentary / reality editing, but I'd say this is a noteworthy resource for anyone interested in learning the craft of editing. For documentary folks, though, it's definitely worth it.
I'm not affiliated with them in any way, I just pay my monthly fee like everyone else. But I felt I had to pass on the link for those who haven't heard of it, because it's such an incredible resource.
The course doesn't cover any of the usual crap you can get on a million YouNoob videos -- press this key to make a cut, this key to insert, etc. It assumes you can read the manual to make your software work. (Or go to creative cow and search for Andrew Devis.)
Instead, the course is all about actual editing -- how to cut footage to tell a story in a compelling and entertaining way. It covers things like how to construct a story arc, how to set the right pace, how to time your cuts, how to match B-roll to interview footage, how to intercut between different streams of footage, and so on. You can go to the site to see the list of chapters.
The course has been steadily (well, somewhat intermittently) growing since I subscribed. As of now there are 69 tutorials in 10 chapters, averaging 20 minutes each, for over 23 hours total. The tutorials vary in length depending on content, from a few minutes to over an hour. The presentation is fantastic, clear and understandable, with plenty of examples to show how it's done.
One of the most awesome things is the included footage. The course creator (Paddy Bird) shot a complete 1-hour documentary, just as it would be done for real -- a total of 35 hours of footage, with B-roll, spot interviews, and master interviews -- and you get that raw footage with the course, so you can practice editing. There are set course-work projects to do based on the footage, but you can just do your own thing with it -- for example right now I'm trying to edit up a short interview extracted from the whole thing. You get the low-res footage for free, or pay extra for a hard drive with 720p versions (I did, it looks great). It helps a lot that the subject of the documentary is actually really interesting, and it's really well shot; the final documentary would easily be broadcast-worthy.
The course is focused on documentary / reality editing, but I'd say this is a noteworthy resource for anyone interested in learning the craft of editing. For documentary folks, though, it's definitely worth it.
