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Become a creative leader in the global screen industry
The Master of Arts Screen: Editing provides you with the opportunity to immerse yourself in the craft of editing. You will be trained in Avid Media Composer software to make cohesive, moving stories to industry standard. You will learn to work closely in teams, collaborating with the directing, writing and producing students to bring your projects to life.
You will learn about coverage, continuity, temp music, sound and the post-production workflow. You will discover how to shape an actor’s performance to enhance the effectiveness of the narrative. In documentary editing, you will face the challenge of taking archival as well as collected footage and threading it together seamlessly.
You will understand the entire post process, from transcoding rushes to complex VFX, grading, sound and music workflows.
Is the Master of Arts Screen: Editing right for you?
WHY DO THIS COURSE
You will experience the pressures and rewards of being a screen editor. You will work closely with directors and producers and learn about working with editorial assistants and post producers.
By the end of the course, you will have developed the skills to edit professional projects and the confidence to approach professional directors and producers for work. You will develop a high-level reel to showcase your work, and you will gain valuable industry contacts.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
Industry practitioners will contribute to the coursework program, providing insights into the craft of editing. You will collaborate intensely with fellow students in small cross-disciplinary groups. In your second year, you will work collaboratively on the creation of major project using AFTRS’ facilities and a strategically aligned research project. During the course, there will be an opportunity for a professional placement, which aims to support your transition into the industry upon graduation.
Overall, the course will allow you to consider who you are as a creative practitioner with an adaptable skill-set. Learning to analyse your process through the development of a practice-based research project, you will understand how your practice is informed by the past – but also how it engages with contemporary screen culture and emerging trends and technologies.
Career opportunities
The Master of Arts Screen: Editing will enable you to work at a professional level on screen narratives of all kinds. You will graduate with the skills to become a professional editor in film, television, documentary, advertising, VR, AR and web-based screen projects.
AFTRS Editing alumni include: Margaret Sixel ASE, winner of an OSCAR and BAFTA for Mad Max: Fury Road (2016); Nick Meyers ASE, winner of an AACTA award for Balibo (2009) and an ASE Award for The Rocket (2013); Andrea Lang ASE, Cunnamulla (2001), We Don’t Need a Map (2017); Mark Perry ASE, Rake (2012-2016), Friday on My Mind (2017), The Kettering Incident (2016).
Meet Your Lecturers
Roland Gallois
Roland Gallois is a film and documentary editor with over 20 years experience. He is best know for his work…
Alicia Gleeson
Alicia Gleeson is an Editor, VFX Editor and Mentor. After training and working in broadcast at Channel Four UK, she…
Phillippa Harvey
After studying fine art printmaking and photography at art school in SA, Phillipa came to Sydney and began working for…
Milena Romanin
Milena Romanin is AFTRS Alumni from both the Editing department and more recently the Producing department. She has over 20…
You will learn to
Demonstrate advanced knowledge of theory and practice as a professional editor.
Apply a deep understanding of cinematic storytelling to create audience-engaged work for the screen.
Implement a creative practice that synthesises specialist knowledge and an understanding of personal process.
Apply an adaptable skill-set.
Demonstrate an ability to collaborate across diverse projects.
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