Short Course - Editing Skills on Final Cut Pro (FCP) Software

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Editing Skills on FCP - Overview

For some editing is considered as a process of making the same film second time and for others it is like providing blood and oxygen to flesh and bones for a human body to be functional. At best editing can be described as a craft that involves both technical and creative skills that allow you to make critical choices in the process of constructing a film story or narrative. Once the shooting is over it is the job of an editor to view, understand and interpret the exposed material as per the dramatic need of the narrative .The editor carries the responsibility of carefully selecting the appropriate portion of the shot material which is referred to as "rushes" and then place it in the perfect order so that the story is narrated as desired .The duration for which each moment of the film must stay on the screen is the most crucial decision made by an editor that determines the success or failure of a film.

With the booming media industry and ever increasing demand for media content it would be stating the obvious that skilled professionals are in demand. Every single unit of content produced requires a highly skilled editor to narrate a successful story.

Course Name : Editing Skills on FCP 

Credit Points : 1

Award : Certificate in Editing awarded from Apple/Whistling Woods International


Overview

Editing Skills on FCP is designed to empower you with a toolset of editing skills that renders working with all common editing tasks both efficient and effective. The course participant progresses through the various editorial processes and acquires an overview of the workflow. They then systematically explore the individual processes.

On a successful completion of the course the student will be proficient in operating the FCP editing systems and well prepared for the Level 1 FCP User exam . On qualifying the Level 1 test , the participants becomes an Apple certified Professional and gets listed on the Apple website. This makes them part of an International FCP user network and its obvious benefits to a professional.

Learning Objectives 

1. To learn fundamentals of editing skills

2. To master the editing tools on the Final Cut Pro editing system

3. To prepare for the Apple Certification program

Course Content

1. Approach common tasks with a logical, efficent workflow

2. Media Management - Organization of media using Final Cut's powerful management tools Catalog and search your footage instantly

3. FCP Interface and Tools

4. Editing modes in Final Cut

5. Basic Sound Editing

6. Cutting an Audio – Visual

7. Creating a Master Edit

Course Heads

Prashant Naik

Prashant Naik, Faculty in the Editing department at Whistling Woods International (WWI) is a reputed National Award-winning Film Editor. He is also an Apple Certified Trainer in Final Cut Pro.

Prashant specialised in Editing at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Pune, in 1991, after completing a Graduate degree in Law and a Post-graduate degree in Commerce. He has taught at the FTII, and has been the HOD of the Video Editing Department from 2004-2006.

Prashant’s FTII Diploma film Punaravritti received the National Award in the Best Short Fiction category in 1992. In 1997, the Oriya feature film Shunya Swaroopa (directed by Himansu Khatua and edited by Prashant Naik) won the National Award in the Best Regional Film category. The film went on to receive 5 State awards and was screened at several international film festivals. In 2005, Prashant won the National Award for Best Editing for the film Harvest of Hunger (directed by Roopashree Nanda) in the Non Feature Film category.

Over the years he has edited a number of corporate films, ad films, promotional films and documentaries and also television series such as Junglee Toofan Tyre Puncture, Fans, Life and You (FLU) and some episodes of Yule Love Stories for Zee TV and Women of India and several episodes of Surabhi for Doordarshan. He was the On-line Editor for the live coverage of the India-Australia Cricket World Cup match at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, in 1996.

Prashant’s most recent project as Editor is the Hindi feature film I am Kalam (2010, directed by Nila Madhab Panda), which has been screened this year at the Berlin and Cannes film festivals.

Vivian Pimenta

Vivian Pimenta, Faculty in the Editing Department of Whistling Woods International (WWI), is an Apple Certified Trainer in Final Cut Pro. As Faculty, he instructs students on film project workflow, and trains them on Apple Professional Applications. 

Earlier, Vivian had been associated with the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, from 2003 to 2006, with the Film Editing department during the significant transition to digitally edited diploma films on the Avid and Apple Final Cut Pro Systems. 

He has had a long-standing relation with the industry in the areas of training and support with Avid and Sony Broadcast and Professional.

Whistling Woods International

The Institute

Founded by one of the India’s leading filmmakers – Subhash Ghai and is promoted by Mukta Arts Limited & Filmcity Mumbai. Whistling Woods International(WWI) is Asia’s largest Film, Television, Animation and Media Arts institute, providing world-class education in all technical and creative aspects of filmmaking and television.

Whistling Woods has also been rated amongst the top 10 film schools in the world by ‘The Hollywood Reporter’, alongwith institutes like NYU Tisch, NFTS, FAMU & AFTRS. WWI was the youngest school to be featured in that list.

The WWI Mumbai campus is located inside Mumbai’s film & television production hub ‘Filmcity’, and offers courses that vary in duration from 1 year to 3 years, both full-time and part time in nature. All the major specializations of the Media & Entertainment industry are catered to, including Acting, Animation, Cinematography, Direction, Editing, Producing, Screenwriting, Sound and Media Studies. WWI also offers India’s first MBA in Media & Entertainment and India’s first MBA in Media & Communication.

The full-time faculty of WWI is a body of academics and renowned industry professionals like Subhash Ghai, Rajen Kothari, M Krishhnamurthy, Rob Reece, Anjum Rajabali, Rakesh Ranjan, Ashmaki Acharya, Somnath Sen, Samar Khan, Prashant Naik, Yusuf Mehta, Dhananjay Khore with regular guest lectures by leading Indian & International filmmakers, actors & technicians like Ashutosh Gowarikar (Director of oscar-nominated ‘Lagaan’), Farhan Akhtar, Ashok Amritraj, Shyam Benegal, Naseeruddin Shah, Danny Boyle (academy award winner for Slumdog Millionaire), Rajkumar Hirani, Rakeysh Mehra, Vishal Bharadwaj, Farah Khan, Nagesh Kukunoor, Shelley Page (head of international outreach for Dreamworks Animation), and several more. Students at Whistling Woods, hence, have a unique opportunity to interact on one-on-one basis with some of the most successful professionals in the Indian film industry.

The courses at WWI are designed to ensure that the students’ learning is collaborative and industry oriented. The curriculum at WWI is a unique hybrid of theoretical and practical aspects and ensuring that the creative dovetails well with the business aspects. All students also undergo rigorous study in several co-curricular faculties like Film Appreciation, International Art Literature Culture, Production Design & Music.

These unique elements in the curriculum & the teaching methodology have seen WWI’s student body growing over three times over the past three years. Further, almost 15% of the student body now comprises of International students, from the USA, Canada, UK, Germany, Italy, France, Holland, Vietnam and others who choose WWI over the multiple film-studies options available in their own countries.

The Institute is also highly committed to ensuring that its students move into the industry in creative and rewarding areas of employment. WWI alumni are currently working at several leading media organisations like Aamir Khan Productions, Annapurna Studios, BIG Animation, Balaji Telefilms, Dharma Productions, Dreamworks, Excel Entertainment, Fox Star Studios India, Mukta Arts Ltd, Percept Picture Company, Prime Focus, Rajshri, Red Chillies Entertainment, Reliance Mediaworks, Rhythmn & Hues, Star TV, Technicolour, Walkwater Film, UTV Motion Pictures, Yashraj Films and several more.

In early 2011, The Sony Media technology Center – a global Center of Excellence established by Sony Corp. & WWI and located at the WWI campus in Filmcity, Mumbai was inaugurated by Sir Howard Stringer (Chairman, CEO & President, Sony Corp.). Sony has recognised WWI as a leader in the Media & Entertainment education sector in Asia, decided to partner with the institute for setup of the same. This follows Sony’s two other centers in London & LA and is the only one that has been setup in association with another organization, the first two being standalone centers. The Sony Media technology Center (SMTC) at WWI will focus on new and emerging technology in the fields of High Definition filmmaking, 3D filmmaking, High Definition Exhibition and HD Broadcast. Sony has equipped the WWI Mumbai campus with the latest technology in both HD filmmaking & 3D filmmaking and will also be stationing on campus their global subject matter experts from whom WWI students would learn a great deal.

In 2010, WWI was accepted as a full member of CILECT (Centre International de Liaison des Ecoles de Cinéma et de Télévision) – a global association of film schools, which lays very high standards on admitting members (there are only 150 members of CILECT). This membership has enabled huge expansion in WWI’s international operations with student & faculty exchanges been planned with the best film schools in the world. In the past as well, WWI has initiated affiliations with several global film schools, including first-ever-in-India activities like International student co-productions. Some of the schools that we have undertaken these activities with are Deakin & Griffith in Australia, Bradford College UK, Syracuse University USA & NYU Tisch Asia.

In a major step in secondary education in India, WWI was invited to partner with India’s premier High School Board - the CBSE board by the Ministry of Human Resource Development - Government of India to design a Media Studies curriculum for the country’s primary High School board (the CBSE board). WWI has prepared the curriculum, teaching methodology & is undertaking teacher-training for the ‘Media Studies’ elective in the 11th & 12th grade.

With the Mumbai campus operational since July 2006 and the student body having grown from 90 to 350 over 3 years, WWI is strongly looking at expansion both in terms of course verticals and campuses.

The above is just a snapshot of what Whistling Woods International has achieved in the short span of five years and the institution strongly marches on its way to fulfilling it’s goal – to be the institute of choice for media education globally.