This Video editing, Final Cut Pro course is an intensive 8 week absolute beginner’s workshop in the use of the Final Cut Pro software application. This course will take you through the basics of how to acquire, edit and produce a DVD of your work!
Tutor: Derek Ogbourne
Ogbourne’s work is powered by the frenetic and exhilarating ongoing plot of big themes: physical life, death, violence, beauty and the sublime; landscape and vision. Pulsing with the strengths and frailties of what it is like to be human, his obsessive preoccupations result in deeply complex, emotionally engaging artworks. He is best known for video works such as 'Gravity and Others', 'Struggle and Magic Mountain'. Ogbourne's latest works range from his cinematic piece 'Death and the Monument' and 'Flesh' - to his clinically sublime photographs of dissected cows’ eyes and recent series of large senstive landscape drawings. (Muswell press)
Week 1 |
| Cameras |
| Shooting with editing in mind. |
| Video and DVD media formats |
| Brief intro to the mac interface. |
| Compression strategies and Quicktime. |
| Managing memory |
| The FCP interface |
| Preparation for acquisition of video |
| Creating Scratch Discs and Media folders |
| Basic importing |
| Brief Show around |
Week 2 |
| Working with the timeline and canvas |
| Batch capture |
| Creating and labelling bins |
| Creating Sequences |
| Importance of being organised |
| Cutting and joining |
| Simple editing Practice |
Week 3 |
| Menu video and audio transitions |
| Use of the tool palette |
| The Motion Menu, (changing speed, scale) |
| The title safe |
| Practice |
Week 4 |
| Colour correction |
| Working with Key frames |
| Previewing and Rendering |
| Practice |
Week 5 |
| Working with sub clips and rushes |
| Importing from other sources |
| Practice |
Week 6 |
| Advanced uses of FCP |
| Re-connecting media |
| Multi-layering |
| Motion tracking |
| Uses of filters |
| Practice |
Week 7 |
| Adding titles, graphic elements and chapters |
| Preparing for export as QuickTime on to tape or as a DVD |
| Backing up project |
Week 8 |
| Production of DVD with DVD Studio Pro |
KEY INFO
Entry:
No previous experience with Final Cut Pro is needed
Qualification:
Certificate in Final Cut Pro
Duration:
8 weeks
Assessment:
Project based
Course commencement:
