Editing

Editing
Digital technology has transformed the editing process, yet it has also dramatically diminished the role of the assistant editor so that opportunities to learn the art of editing as an apprentice are increasingly hard to find.

This course provides a thorough education in editing skills in a professional filmmaking environment. Editing students are encouraged to consider their craft as part of the whole process of film and television production and not merely as the final stage, making them true collaborators, not just efficient technicians.

The emphasis of the Editing curriculum is firmly on storytelling and the relationship between editor and director. Students learn to apply their craft to the demands of fiction, documentary and animation, creating visual narratives while working with sound, music and, where appropriate, special effects. Workshops with other departments develop concepts of visual storytelling, mise-en-scène, storyboarding, sound design, music and scriptwriting.

Editing graduates have a high rate of employment on feature films, shorts and
television programmes. Many new graduates quickly become editors on independent productions or assistant editors on features or TV drama, while others gravitate to visual effects, promos and i-dents. One recent graduate was joint winner of the Best Young Editor Award at Broadcast Magazine's B+ Awards. Recent graduate editing credits include The Queen, Hannibal Rising and Reprise at the cinema and Paul Merton in China, Holby City, Hustle, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Spooks on television.

Curriculum

YEAR ONE
With Sound Design and Composing students

Abstract Film Workshop

Without Images - a sound-only project

Animation exercises

Shooting the Scene - writing and directing a scene to learn the basics of scene structure

Modules and workshops include

Foundation exercises for fiction and documentary editing

Storyboarding workshop with Animation students

Short documentary

Without Words - a short fiction film shot without dialogue

Animation project - experimenting with narration and music for animation

Investigative Documentary - the major first year documentary production

First year fiction film, collaborating with all other departments

Cross Spec – an introduction to film language and storytelling involving all departments

YEAR TWO

Fiction editing exercise using rushes from a feature film

2nd year fiction production, shot on Digibeta

Graduation films in documentary, fiction and animation

Entry RequirementsThe Editing course is part of the Post Production department, where we are looking to assemble a group of students with diverse and varied backgrounds. There is no 'typical' student or perfect candidate who conforms to a mandatory list of qualifications.

You are likely to have some Industry experience or training in your chosen field. Your background may be in the arts or other media, you might be looking for a further professional qualification or wish to broaden your knowledge of film and video editing, taking you to a higher level of work.
Apply with

Short video or film you have edited

A creative video montage of found images (obtained from the television or another source) or exisiting film footage edited with a soundtrack or – if you do not have access to an editing facility – collected photographs which when laid out together tell a story