DAR 115 - Digital Video Editing

1. Identify historical development of editing.
2. List various techniques of storytelling in editing.
3. Demonstrate non-linear editing skills including importing, editing, exporting, and format considerations…
4. Work within a professional environment meeting specifications and deadlines.   

1. Historical Development of Editing
   1. Development of editing and how it affects storytelling
   2. The evolving post production environment
   3. Impact of digital media
2. Digital Video and Audio Formats
   1. Identifying digital video formats
   2. Identifying digital audio formats
3. Techniques and Theory of Storytelling in Editing
   1. Cut on action
   2. Cut on clean entry and clean exit
   3. Cut on motion
   4. Cut away from action
   5. Matching edits and avoiding jump cuts
   6. Montage editing
   7. Emerging trends in storytelling
4. Storytelling in Various Types
   1. Narrative
   2. Advertising/commercials
   3. Music videos
   4. Documentary
   5. Social media
   6. Fundraising
   7. Instructional/educational/training
   8. Web
   9. News
5. Organization for the Edit
   1. The concept of workflow
   2. Desktop environment (bins, timeline, tools) 
   3. Ingest-sources
   4. Export – distribution, portfolio