Class Advanced Workshop in Film Editing

Advanced Film Editing Workshop is the final and most advanced editing course unit in the programme. It combines technical consolidation, conceptual depth, and intensive application in a project-based context. The course includes the presentation and discussion of advanced theoretical frameworks-namely the Abstract Machine, as developed in the lecturer's doctoral research-and operationalises this conceptual framework through practical editing exercises and a tutorial regime focused on final-year projects (short films).     Practically, the course is organised in phases: (i) theoretical introduction (assemblage theory / advanced conceptual frameworks), (ii) advanced technical workflow and creative editing strategies for short films, and (iii) sustained tutorial supervision of final edits, including teaser/trailer development and version-based work leading to final cut.  

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I - Advanced conceptual framework * Assemblage theory (and its articulation with advanced conceptual models of editing).     II - Advanced technical workflow * Proxies, synchronisation, project organisation, and media management.     * Exports (sound, grading, DCP) and technical delivery requirements.     III - Creative and narrative strategies in short films * Creative approaches; editing and point of view; progression from first cut to final cut.     IV - Related materials * Teasers and trailers: function, language, editing, and presentation strategy.       V - Final project tutorials * Ongoing tutorial supervision of final short-film edits, with periodic in-class presentations and version iteration. 

A lecture-based, analytical, and lab-based methodology, focused on: * Lectures and guided discussion of advanced conceptual frameworks.   * Practical editing exercises with staged supervision (planning, first cut, review, final cut).     * Intensive tutorial supervision of final projects, with regular in-class presentations and iterative versioning.   * Work on technical requirements and aesthetic positioning of projects, including expectations and delivery planning. 

  DeLanda, M. (2016). Assemblage Theory. Edinburgh University Press. Deleuze, G., & Guattari, F. (1987). A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia. University of Minnesota Press. Murch, W. (2001). In the Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing (2nd ed.). Silman-James Press. Pearlman, K. (2016). Cutting Rhythms: Intuitive Film Editing (2nd ed.). Focal Press. Dancyger, K. (2019). The Technique of Film and Video Editing: History, Theory, and Practice (6th ed.). Focal Press. Oldham, G. (1992). First Cut: Conversations with Film Editors. University of California Press.