Students experience hands-on instruction in editing theory and technique by editing projects using footage provided to them in class.

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Short-Term Workshops

4-Week Digital Editing Workshop4-Week After Effects Animation & Title Design Workshop 12-Week Evening Digital Editing Workshop

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Editors have a gift: they can see the big picture and the individual pieces, making connections and conjuring meaning. The digital editor has an incredibly important task: They shape and craft and make choices to piece together the final, polished film. To do this, an editor needs finely tuned artistic sensibility as well as precise technical expertise. The New York Film Academy’s digital editing workshops emphasize and encourage both of these skill sets, offering the most intensive hands-on training in the entertainment industry’s standard software: Avid Media Composer, the software used to edit each 2017 Oscar Best Picture feature film nominee. Our intensive short-term programs are designed to meet the scheduling needs of students of all backgrounds while providing lab time, challenging exercises, and hands-on projects. Students experience hands-on instruction in editing theory, techniques and the fundamentals of digital editing and edit various projects with footage provided to them in class. They learn multiple theoretical concepts of editing and how to practically apply those theories. Studying first-hand with active professional editors allows students to craft a digital reel, and leave the program with the tools and skills of a professional digital editor. In addition to workshops in Avid Media Composer, our Digital Editing School also offers our After Effects workshop. After Effects is an important skill for editors and filmmakers. The New York Film Academy is an Avid Learning Partner, a distinction that is nationally held by only 75 institutions of higher learning. NYFA students will learn the art of crafting a story as they train in one of the most important tools in the industry. At the end of the course, students may opt to take the Avid User Certification exam. Passage of the test grants Avid Certified User status. Our distinguished faculty of experienced, professional editors are committed to providing students with the hands-on guidance to successfully complete the school’s demanding curriculum. Our faculty have edited for award-winning films, A-list filmmakers, and major networks. In NYFA’s digital editing programs, students learn from the best.

Digital Editing

Short-Term Workshops

The New York Film Academy has designed intensive digital editing and motion graphics workshops to help students develop the practical skills and conceptual understanding behind professional editing. At NYFA, digital editing students receive intensive hands-on training from working editors and gain insight into how all the pieces of the filmmaking process come together in post-production, all in the context of working with industry-standard software. Students who successfully complete our digital editing or motion graphics workshops will edit multiple projects, each one designed to reinforce and support the theory and technique presented in class. In both the 4-Week Digital Editing Workshop or the 12-Week Evening Digital Editing Workshop, students learn the fundamentals of editing on their own Avid Media Composer station. Theory classes focus on the formal artistic elements of film editing as a storytelling device, while practical training familiarizes students with the software from the perspective of understanding it as a tool with which to create meaningful work. For students contemplating further education or a professional path in editing, our workshops are an excellent introduction to the realities of the field. Students will create a sizzle compilation of the work they have completed in class and may choose to become Avid Certified Users by taking the Avid User Certification Exam — a qualification test only offered by Avid Learning Partners.

Digital Editing Programs

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Please Note: Curriculum and projects are subject to change and may vary depending on location. Students should consult the most recently published campus catalog for the most up to date course information.

In the 4-Week After Effects Animation and Title Design workshop, expert motion graphics instructors guide students as they learn to create animated titles and title sequences, work with green screen footage, and acquire basic video compositing skills in Adobe After Effects. Adobe After Effects is the industry standard software for a comprehensive set of 2D and 3D tools for compositing, animation, and effects that motion-graphics professionals, visual effects artists, web designers, and film and video productions need, and is widely used for digital post-production of film, video, and web content. Our motion graphics instructors are experienced industry professionals currently working in the fields of motion graphics, 2D animation and visual effects.

_ 4-Week Digital Editing Workshop _ 4-Week After Effects Animation & Title Design Workshop

_ 12-Week Evening Digital Editing Workshop