Course Description
This advanced program prepares students for professional video production careers including advanced VFX, 3D animation basics, film post-production workflows, and agency-level project execution.
What You Will Learn
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Professional cinematic editing
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Advanced visual effects (VFX)
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3D animation fundamentals
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Film post-production workflow
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Advanced sound design
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Client & agency workflow
Technical Requirements
Course Syllabus
- Narrative arcs
- Commercial ad framework
- Managing 10+ hours of footage into a 5-minute story
- Editing multiple versions of a 'Hook' for social media performance
- Case Studies: Nike commercials, Apple Inc. product ads
- Advanced masking
- Compositing basics
- Motion Tracking
- Green screen (Chroma Key), Motion Tracking, and Rotoscoping
- Syncing and switching 3+ camera angles.
- Mastering High-Dynamic Range (HDR) footage and skin tone preservation
- Working with LOG footage
- Cinematic color theory
- Skin tone preservation
- Creating custom LUTs
- Understanding client briefs
- Client psychology
- Editing for ads
- Handling revisions & workflow system
- Pricing and contracts
- Portfolio building
- Licensing music, stock footage rights, and Fair Use education
- File archiving systems
- Template creation
- Preset building
- Time management for editors
- Burnout prevention
- Scaling as a freelancer
- AI auto-captioning
- AI background removal
- AI cut detection
- Workflow automation: Using AI to handle the 'boring' tasks so you can focus on creativity.
- Students receive a mock client brief with a 48-hour deadline, revision rounds, and real world pressure.