PRE PRODUCTION

• Setting up editorial

  • Hardware requirements

  • Dailies requirements

  • Software Needs

• Establishing communication with other departments

• Testing workflows

• Establish Editor’s Preferences

PAPERWORK BREAKDOWN

• Daily Edit Logs

• Progress Report

• Lined Script

• Facing Pages

• Call Sheets

• Continuity

• Camera Reports

• Sound Reports

• Transfer Reports

• VFX Reports

PRODUCTION / EDITORIAL

• Dailies

  • Checking Edit Logs

  • Double checking Metadata

  • Marking Clips

  • Grouping and bin layouts

  • Manual Scripting

  • Building Notebooks

• Temp Sound Design

• Temp Music Editing

• Tracking & Recording Temp ADR

• Tracking VFX & VFX Basics

• Exporting Cuts

FINISHING

• Online

• Turnovers

• Reconforms

• Wrapping

NOTES:

• You must have a laptop or desktop computer for this class with Avid Media Composer 8.8 or later installed. As long as it hasn’t expired, a trial version of Avid is fine. 8GB of system memory and Windows 7/OS X 10.10 or later are required to run Media Composer 8.8. Computer rentals are available for as little $60/week from Hi-Tech Computer Rental in Burbank. Let us know if you have any questions about system compatibility.

• A basic understanding of the Avid interface is required for this class.

• Both webinar and in-person tickets give access to the class once it ends with a week of playback on YouTube. Real-time viewing is not required if you’d prefer to watch the class once it’s available on Youtube.

THE INSTRUCTOR

Varun Viswanath has worked as an editor and assistant editor in scripted television, film, and digital media for about 6 years. He has worked on projects such as Atomic Blonde (Focus Features); Arrested Development (Netflix); Trial & Error (NBC); Corporate, South Side, Review (Comedy Central); Scream and Finding Carter (MTV). Currently, he is transitioning to being an Editor on the upcoming season of What We Do In The Shadows (FX). Having worked on multiple formats and projects as both assistant editor and editor, Varun understands the importance and value of the role that an assistant plays in helping to shape and tell a story. He hopes to share that knowledge and prepare future assistants with the tools necessary to be strong assets on their future projects.