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Course Overview

This six-day course introduces the fundamentals of film and video post-production through a combination of theory and hands-on practice.

Designed for beginners with little or no editing experience, the course will give students the tools and confidence to edit their own reels, social media content, and short films.

Working with different types of footage, students will explore the various stages of the editing process, learning how to develop their material step by step, from the initial review of the footage to the final cut.

Course Content

1. Understanding the Footage and Project Setup

• Evaluating footage quality and identifying potential technical issues.
• Preparing media and setting up a project for an efficient workflow.
• Organizing, reviewing, and logging footage.

2. The Basics of Editing

• Understanding the different types of cuts and transitions.
• Learning the basics of trimming and refining edits.
• Exploring when and why to break traditional editing rules.

3. Editing Workflow: Offline and Online

• Understanding the difference between offline and online editing.
• Learning how to manage media throughout the post-production process.
• Understanding the relationship between the editing stage and the final export.

4. Audio Editing and Sound

• Understanding the role of sound in storytelling.
• Deciding when and how to use music and sound effects.
• Learning how to connect shots and scenes through sound for visual continuity.

5. Pacing, Rhythm, and the Final Cut

• Understanding pacing and rhythm in editing.
• Reviewing and refining the cut to improve the flow and continuity of a sequence.
• Making creative decisions to strengthen the story and achieve a more effective product.

6. Basic effects, fixes and export

• Working with basic effects to improve the project.
• Discovering problems in the content and learning which fixes can be applied.
• Exporting with presets and customizing the export for different purposes.

Learning Outcome

By the end of the course, students will have a basic understanding of the editing process, from organizing footage and assembling a sequence to refining the edit, working with sound, and exporting a finished project. They will also have the foundation needed to continue developing their own editing skills and follow more advanced courses.

Note

For this course, we will use DaVinci Resolve 21 (Free Version), giving everyone the opportunity to work with professional editing software and explore the tools needed at each stage of the editing process.

Course Schedule

Time: 7pm – 9:30pm
Week 1: Tuesday 19th, Thursday 21st January
Week 2: Tuesday 26th, Thursday 28th January
Week 3: Tuesday 2nd, Thursday 4th February

About the Instructor

Dario Caamaño is a film and television editor and colourist with over 20 years of experience in post-production. His experience includes working as an assistant editor, offline editor and online editor on a wide range of projects. He has also taught courses at broadcasting networks and film schools across Latin America, including EICTV in Cuba.
In 2024, he directed his first short film in Japan, Last Cigarette, which was selected for and received awards at several international film festivals. In 2026, he is co-directing his first feature film, Shroud, a drama-horror film.