Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Post Production and Editing
Teaching staff
Introduction
Post-production and Editing is a 4 ECTS credits class given during the second semester of the second grade on Audiovisual Communication. It’s justified by the fact that post-production is a key part in the construction of media narrative creation in any format or genre. Being versatile and in control of many editing and post-production conventions and techniques are a must to be able to fully articulate film and TV narrative. This class pretends to stimulate and wake in the students certain visual sensibility and technical know how to build and excel in creative projects all around the media world, while also getting a strong foundation enough on the art of film and TV editing, so the student can enter the media workforce with ease.
Pre-course requirements
None needed.
Objectives
Get to know different editing techniques and non-linear editing solutions, different film expression and narrative achievements through editing. Introduction to Color Timing and Correction, textures and effects for multiple media products. Also learn the process of managing and working on VFX and titles or graphics. Mastering the different video compressions and proxies. Finally, learn the proper workflow and project prep, and get familiarized with setting up projects and timelines.
Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme
- 01 - The ability to adapt to varying circumstances
- 02 - The ability to understand, accept criticism and correct errors
- 03 - The ability to administer and manage human and technical resources
- 04 - The ability to work in a team and autonomously
- 05 - The ability to organise time and workspace
- 06 - The ability to develop academic rigour, responsibility, ethics and professionalism
- 07 - The ability to apply the deontology and respect for the audiovisual sector
- 08 - The ability of critical analysis, synthesis, concretion and abstraction
- 09 - The ability to objectify, quantify and interpret (data, statistics, empirical evidence )
- 10 - The ability to confront difficulties and resolve problems
- 11 - The ability to generate debate and reflection
- 12 - The ability to meet deadlines, develop the ability to be punctual and respect for human, technical and material resources
- 13 - The ability to create spoken and written communication
- 21 - Knowledge and mastery of the digital culture
- 24 - The ability to plan and organize both short term and long term projects
- 25 - The ability to maximize creative development
- 26 - The ability to develop a sense of taste and perfection in the aesthetics and finalization of projects
- 30 - The ability to study the feasibility of an audiovisual product
- 31 - The ability to understand the financial systems of media groups and companies.
- 32 - The ability to confront audiovisual and film projects in all phases (pre-production, shooting, post-production, distribution)
- 33 - The ability to create and direct.
- 34 - The ability to know and respect the different roles of the artistic and technical teams
- 35 - The ability to contextualize and critically analyze the products of the audiovisual industry
- 40 - The ability to defend and respect authorship and intellectual property
- 41 - The ability to know how the distinct elemental agencies of the audio visual sector function
- 42 - The ability to distinguish, analyze and dominate the distinct genres and formats of television, film and radio
- 43 - the ability to create scripts for film, television and radio according to the demands of the genre
- 44 - The ability to adapt to new audiovisual formats
- 45 - The ability to know and dominate the techniques of audiovisual narrative.
- 46 - The ability to dominate resources used for image (Photographs, lighting...) and sound.
- 47 - The ability to understand and run digital retouching tools, special effects, postproduction and graphics design
- 48 - Knowledge and mastery of the techniques of filming, directing, producing and editing
- 50 - The ability to adapt, understand and apply the expressive possibilities of new technologies and future changes
- 53 - Lingustic ability in Catalan, Spanish and English
- 54 - The ability to skillfully manage the literature, terminology and linguistic structures of the English language related to the field of communication.
Learning outcomes of the subject
After going through the class, students will be able to show the following skills: Working in an Editing bay or Post-production facility with ease. Easily operate editing and post-production software. Mastering film narrative and the audiovisual language. Knowledge of different editing techniques and using them accordingly. Working habits for swift and competent editing. Developing digital design taste and style. Developing to learn in a teamwork environment. Maximize creativity and personal originality.
Syllabus
This theoretical-practical class consists of the following: 1. Editing criterion and the editor’s role. (Contents delivered in theoretical-practical seminars.) 2.Knowledge of different editing styles with easy and complex examples. (Contents delivered in theoretical seminars.) 3. Basic Adobre Premiere and Avid Media Composer techniques. (Contents delivered in theoretical-practical seminars.) 4. Dialogue creation and expressive use of the moving image through editing. (Contents delivered in theoretical-practical seminars.) 5. Advance Adobe Premiere editing techniques. (Contents delivered in theoretical-practical seminars.) 6. Mastering different sound editing tricks. (Contents delivered in theoretical-practical seminars.) 7. Introduction to post-production workflow. (Contents delivered in theoretical-practical seminars.) 8. Introduction to post-production and VFX. (Contents delivered in theoretical-practical seminars.) 9. Mastering post-production workflow and deliveries. (Contents delivered in theoretical-practical seminars.)
Teaching and learning activities
In blended
-Preparation of an Assembly project. (The student will have to create proxies, according to the specifications dictated in class, order the material, synchronize it, name it and present it in a timeline.) The organizational capacity of the student, the application of theoretical technical concepts and their decision making are evaluated. in those shots that are not correctly marked in shooting.
-Assembled an ad. (The student will have to start assembling and ordering the material to shape an ad, without going into music or phrases yet, will have to be able to tell the story you want in the best way, selecting the correct shots and creating a thread coherent and satisfactory narrative.)
-Assembly of an advertisement. (The student will have to put together an advertisement, with the exact broadcast duration, put together the sound, the phrases, and the music. Not only does he have to have a coherent narrative thread, but he also must apply the guidelines given by the teacher, to customer mode).
-Creation of a Shortlist. (The student will have to choose a sequence with more than 8 different shots shot, from a real action movie, and list the number of shots, sort them by light fields, and by size, as well as describe the content of each of them and the number of cuts in the sequence. Here we shell out a sequence so that the student understands the shooting process, and thus be able to apply it in the future to own or career projects.)
-Assembly of the video clip "Arenas Movedizas" from "La bien querida". (The student will have to combine the images of the group with the fiction shot to generate a video clip that fulfills the function of musical promotion, at the same time as it tells a small fantasy-terrifying story. The technical capacity of the student to respect the codes of the taught video clip in class, as well as their creative ability to intersperse fictional history.)
-Assembly of dialogue sequence of "The Photographer of Mauthausen". (The student will have to put together a small monologue by Mario Casas in the film, show the space correctly as well as choose the best performances and create a dramatic but not ridiculous moment).
-Assembly of a fight sequence from the movie "Exile". (The student will have to assemble the image and sound of a sequence of fights between several characters. The ability to generate impact, understanding of events and entertainment, as well as their use of sound and musical editing will be valued).
Editing of the short film "Callers". (This practice combines several of the concepts worked on during the course, as its core sequences are dialogues, while having a video clip moment, even working on the Split-screen and parallel editing. The ability of the student is valued to create multiple narrative in parallel, while maintaining interest in moments of intimacy with dialogues and characters.)
Evaluation systems and criteria
In blended
The student's grade is the result of the average of the results of 8 practices that are developed throughout the course. Students have a week or two (depending on the internship) to develop the internship, in case the delivery is delayed, they can do it throughout the course, but opting for a maximum grade of 6 out of 10. In case the student does not deliver the complete totality of the practices, or if the average of the practices results in less than a 5 out of 10, will be able to realize an extra practice in which summarize the knowledges acquired along the other 8 practices. The student who wants to choose to raise note, will also be able to realize this practice.
Second call:
-Assembly of the short film "Hidden Child". (Short film that mixes fantasy with magical realism and adolescent drama. The student's ability to transform a material that does not work to tell the story to be told is valued and manages to generate a new narrative that gives meaning to the images.)