Shooting Like an Editor: Introduction to Video Production

This course introduces students to principles of film production through the lens of editing, exploring the through-line concepts that inform these separate stages of production in both narrative and non-fiction contexts. Students will delve into the nuances of continuity, the importance of coverage, and how associative editing techniques can be conceptualized and implemented. Hands-on production exercises will help instill a purposeful shooting ethos as well as practices for organizing footage to ensure a seamless transition from the studio or field to the editing bay. Informed by readings from Walter Murch, Sergei Eisenstein, and Michel Chion, the course establishes a solid theoretical foundation for students to understand the ways editing informs production and vice versa.

This is the first of three courses comprising the Video Editing certificate at Evergreen. It is recommended that certificate courses are taken in sequence.