Editing Concepts

Paper Code: 
25BMA412
Credits: 
3
Periods/week: 
3
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Objective: This course will enable the students to understand filmmaking and provide theoretical information and appreciation of cinematography in filmmaking.

Course Outcomes: 

Course

Learning outcome

(at course level)

Learning   and   teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

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25BMA

412

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Editing Concepts (Theory)

The students will:

CO138. Integrate art, types of editin and digital videos.

CO139 Mind map aesthetic      senses and evaluate elements  of editing.

CO140. Experiment and articulate editing skills using different software.

CO141. Build   variety   of transition techniques.

CO142. Compose preproduction editing elements.

CO143. Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction

Approach in teaching: Interactive           Lectures, Discussions,           reading assignments, Demonstrations,       Group activities,  Teaching  using advanced     audio     video tools.

 

Learning   activities   for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective            questions,

Seminars,     presentations, Giving tasks.

Assessment Strategies Class tests, Semester end examinations,      Quizzes, Solving      problems      in tutorials,       Assignments, Presentations,    Individual and group projects.

 

9.00

Introduction editing, The Art of Cinema,  The Fundamentals of Editing, Types of Editing, linear & non liner editing, Digital video.

9.00

Six element of editing, Pace  and Timing,  Constructing  Continuity,  continuity  editing, seamless editing, Montage sequences, Five types of editing.

 

9.00

Cut, Mix, fade, Element of cut, Element of Mix, Editing for the Genre – Action, Music video, Suspense, Horror etc.

9.00

Transition techniques, types of transitions- CUT, FADE, WIPE, IRIS, Cheat-cut, Crosscutting or Parallel Editing, Cut-in/Cut-Away, Jump-Cut, Shot/Reverse Shot, Superimposition.

9.00

Broadcasting techniques, Introduction to sound editing, recording sound, channels, sound effects, Sound editing, Diegetic & Non-diegetic, Direct & non-simultaneous sound, off-screen- on-screen sound.

 

ESSENTIAL READINGS: 

SUGGESTED TEXT BOOKS:

1.    Steven D Katz, “Film Directing: Shot by Shot: Visualizing from Concept to Screen” Focal Press; 1 edition, 1991.

2.    Walter Murch Silman- “In the Blink of an Eye” James Press, U.S.; Revised edition, 2001.

3.    Roy Thompson, “Grammar-of-the-Edit” Focal Press, 2003.

 

REFERENCES: 

SUGGESTED REFERENCE BOOKS:

1.    Maxim Jago, Adobe Premiere Pro CC Classroom in a Book, Pearson Education, 15 February, 2019

 

E-RESOURCES:

1.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTCxUXGM6tc

 

REFERENCE JOURNALS:

1.    https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/jrf/

Academic Year: 
2025-26
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