6 evening sessions
Date: Thursdays from 16 Feb to 22 March 2012
Times: 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Price: £200
Instructor: Claudia Tomaz

This hands-on creative and technical 5-sessions course on Editing using Final Cut Pro explores the Art and Craft of Editing. It will also give you the editing tools you need for an advanced and professional use. A basic knowledge of Mac OS X and FCP is recommended. Toward the end of the course, delegates can sign on for an additional 2 sessions to work on their own projects. Please see tutor for dates and further info.

 
Different genres, styles and innovative editing techniques will be discussed through the examples of feature films, documentaries, music videos, opening titles sequences and interviews with editors and film makers. Editing exercises will take place in each session which will allow you to explore editing techniques and experiment how to edit a scene, a montage sequence, create a soundscape for your film or create titles; notions like structure, narrative progression, emotional density, atmosphere, pace and rhythm will be underlined. FCP topics include: basic setup, settings, formats and files management; capturing and importing video and audio; various editing and trimming techniques; sound editing, sync sound with image and sound-design; create title sequences and subtitles; export the master to tape, DVD and internet.
 
About the Instructor
Claudia Tomaz is an independent film maker and editor working professionally on film since 1995. Claudia directed 2 full-length features; ‘Nights’ won ‘The critic’s week award’ in 2000 at the Venice Film Festival, and ‘Us’ was awarded in Locarno. She also directed and edited many shorts, documentaries, experimental films and music videos. Claudia has been teaching film related workshops to film makers, artists, young people and children since 2004. Recently Claudia has been working on her web series LONDON GROUND; she collaborates with underground artists and explores the Web 2.0 to show her films online. www.claudiatomaz.com

Full Course Listing: http://www.spacestudios.org.uk/whats-on/courses/creative-editing

General
Each student has their own workstation for the practical parts of the course and can discuss any specific areas of interest they may have towards the end of the day with the tutor.

Enquiries
020 8525 4330
training@spacestudios.org.uk

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