Editing: Edit Like a Screenwriter
Master film editing skills to turn raw footage into captivating stories. Edit with a screenwriter's mindset and refine your unique editing style.
Master film editing skills to turn raw footage into captivating stories. Edit with a screenwriter's mindset and refine your unique editing style.
This course teaches you how to approach film editing with the mindset of a screenwriter. Like a chef handling ingredients, editors manipulate footage to capture moments and tell powerful stories with emotion. You'll learn how to balance visual continuity, handle multiple storylines, and develop editing techniques that prioritize narrative and emotional expression while breaking conventional rules to create your unique style. Starting with editing fundamentals, the course guides you through understanding shots, editing grammar, and reveals the mysteries of micro-film creation. From initial footage review through final sound mixing, you'll master both technical skills and conceptual approaches to transform raw material into cohesive, emotionally engaging films.
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What you'll learn
Understand the fundamental principles of film editing as storytelling Master the complete editing workflow from footage review to final cut Analyze and select shots based on technical and narrative qualities Apply continuity editing techniques while maintaining visual flow Create effective transitions and scene introductions Balance visual and auditory elements to enhance storytelling Develop intuition for editing decisions that serve the narrative
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There are 5 modules in this course
This course explores film editing as a storytelling art form, emphasizing the parallels between editing and screenwriting. Students begin by understanding editing as the third birth of a film (after scriptwriting and shooting), learning how these three stages interweave and influence each other. The curriculum progresses through the complete editing workflow, starting with script analysis and raw footage review, moving through rough cuts and fine cuts, and finishing with sound mixing and test screenings. Students learn practical shot selection techniques based on shot types, angles, focal lengths, and camera movements. Advanced concepts include editing psychology (cutting on action, cutting on eye blinks), continuity requirements, parallel editing, and various transition techniques. The course emphasizes editing philosophy—being invisible yet impactful, developing technical intuition, maintaining narrative logic, and learning when to preserve or break conventional rules. The course concludes with hands-on editing projects that allow students to apply all these concepts to create their own edited sequences.
课程介绍&剪辑流程
Module 1 · 3 Hours to complete
剪辑师怎么做？——剪辑方法
Module 2 · 1 Hours to complete
剪辑师为什么这么做？——剪辑思维
Module 3 · 2 Hours to complete
剪辑师的自我修养——剪辑观念
Module 4 · 1 Hours to complete
期末作业
Module 5 · 1 Hours to complete
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Instructor
Lecturer and Independent Director
许 肖潇 (Xu Xiaoxiao) is a lecturer at the Arts Education Center of Fudan University and an independent director. Born in Zhejiang Province in 1982, she holds undergraduate and master's degrees in Digital Media Arts from the Communication University of China. She furthered her education at the Korea National University of Arts, earning a master's degree in Multimedia Imaging with a full scholarship from the Korean government. During her time in Seoul, she worked as a director, editor, and assistant director, while also creating micro-films. Currently based in Shanghai as a teacher and director, she focuses on the research and exploration of micro-film creation, integrating personalized philosophical reflections into her work. Xu Xiaoxiao utilizes digital imaging techniques to create surreal artistic spaces and narratives. Her work is known for its delicate style, calm attitude, and focus on philosophical themes such as inheritance and fracture, individual life, and cosmic time-space. She seeks to visualize abstract concepts through artistic expression, demonstrating a strong humanistic concern and unique life and space-time experiences. Her representative works include interview narrative micro-films, city public service micro-films, love micro-films, and experimental films, earning her awards at international film festivals for her directing and creative contributions.
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