VIDEO EDITING
Discover Where the Story Really Comes Together
Filming a scene is only the beginning. In the editing room, individual shots become sequences, performances take shape, music and sound create emotion, and raw footage finally becomes a story.
In Video Editing, students learn both the technical and creative fundamentals of turning footage into a finished video.
Students begin by becoming comfortable with the basic editing process: importing and organizing footage, selecting clips, making cuts, arranging shots on a timeline, adding transitions, working with audio, and exporting a completed project.
But this course goes beyond simply learning which buttons to push.
Students learn to think like an editor and storyteller.
We explore why an editor chooses one shot over another, when to cut, how long to stay on an image, and how changing the order or duration of shots can completely change what an audience feels.
Students also experiment with music, dialogue, natural sound, sound effects, titles, graphics, pacing, and transitions. They discover that even small editing choices can make a scene feel funny, suspenseful, emotional, energetic, or dramatic.
Whenever possible, students learn through hands-on projects using footage to create their own edited pieces.
Students May Explore:
| • Importing and organizing footage | • Understanding an editing timeline |
| • Selecting the strongest shots and takes | • Cutting and trimming footage |
| • Continuity editing | • Pacing and rhythm |
| • Transitions | • Music and sound effects |
| • Dialogue and audio | • Titles and basic graphics |
| • Creating emotion through editing | • Building scenes and sequences |
| • Revising an edit | • Exporting and sharing finished projects |
Video Editing is ideal for students interested in filmmaking, YouTube-style video creation, storytelling, or learning what happens after the camera stops rolling. Students leave with something especially rewarding: the experience of taking a collection of separate images and sounds and transforming them into a story that is entirely their own.
Shoot the pieces. Edit the story.