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Editing Laboratory

Editing Laboratory

Code	13096
Year	1
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area	Cinema
Entry requirements	Not applicable.
Mode of delivery	Presential
Work placements	Not applicable
Learning outcomes	In this Course Unit, the student should be able to acquire the main concepts and styles of editing, to know and apply its creative and discursive potential, and to conceptually articulate editing alongside other steps of the creative filmmaking process. Furthermore, the student should be able to work with professional, non-linear editing software, integrated in a video post-production workflow. > In this Course Unit, the student should be able to acquire the main concepts and styles of editing, to know and apply its creative and discursive potential, and to conceptually articulate editing alongside other steps of the creative filmmaking process. Furthermore, the student should be able to work with professional, non-linear editing software, integrated in a video post-production workflow.
Syllabus	1. Definition of film editing and film editor. 2. Brief history of film editing Editing pioneers. Classicism. The invisibility of the editing. The new cinema and the rupture with the predominance of continuity. Contemporary cinema and the multiplicity of narrative forms. The new challenges of film editing. 3. Introduction to editing tools. DaVinci Resolve. Adobe Premiere Pro. Final Cut Pro. Avid media Composer. 4. The function of script continuity in editing. 5. Workflow and Workspace. Organization of files, projects and timelines. Import. Timing. Export. 6. Film editing grammar. Scene and sequence. Raccord. Point of view. 180º and 30º rules. Scale of shots. Rhythm. Shot and scene pace. Shot and reverse shot. Cross cutting Alternate editing. Editing dialog and voiceover. Editing music. Ellipse. Flashback and Flashforward. Cutaways. Jump-cut. J and L cuts. 7.Editing practice. Script and editing. Raw material approach, Rough cut, First cut, Fine cut and Final cut.
Main Bibliography	BAZIN, André, O que é o Cinema?, Livros Horizonte, 1992 BOWEN, Christopher, Gramar of the edit, Routledge, 2017 BRESSON, Robert, Notas sobre o Cinematógrafo, Porto Editora, 2004 CRITTENDEN, Roger, Fine Cuts: The Art of European Film Editing, Elsevier, 2006 DMYTRYK, Edward, On Film Editing: An Introduction to the Art of Film Construction, Focal Press, 1984 EISENSTEIN, Sergei, Film Form, Harvest Book, 1975 FAIRSERVICE, Don, Film Editing: History, Theory and Practice, Manchester University Press, 2001 MURCH, Walter, In the Blink of an Eye, Silman-James Press, 2005 NOGUEIRA, Luís, Manuais de Cinema III. Planificação e Montagem, Livros Labcom, 2010
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.