24-4425 The Assistant Editor

Course familiarizes students with the duties of an editing assistant. Instruction focuses primarily on the handling of 16mm and 35mm film elements and on the use of equipment needed for finishing a project on film. Students learn proper practices and procedures for organizing materials; working with the lab; and logging, synching, and coding film and mag stock in preparation for editing. Several exercises teach fundamentals, and the final project cuts a short feature length film.

3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2401 Editing I