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FAST-TRACK YOUR CAREER 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 developing the craft of making cohesive moving stories to industry standard using Avid Media Composer. You will learn to work closely in teams, collaborating with the directing, writing, producing, sound, and music students to bring your projects to life.
You will discover how to shape an actor’s performance and structure a scene to enhance the effectiveness of the narrative. In documentary editing, you will face the challenge of working with archival as well as shot footage and threading it together seamlessly.
You will learn about coverage, continuity, and the entire post-production workflow, from transcoding rushes, to online conforming, grading, sound, music, and complex VFX.
Get to know our lecturers, students, and alumni, attend live chats and panel discussions, take a campus tour, and get some tips on your application for the 2023 intake at our annual Open Day on 13 August.
A range of scholarships are available to successful applicants of the Master of Arts Screen; you will be prompted to apply for them following your submission –
- Netflix First Nations Scholarship
- Craft Excellence Scholarship
- Equity Scholarships
- First Nations Scholarships
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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 collaborate with a range of key creatives from every department, and learn about working with editing assistants and post-production supervisors.
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 Master of Arts Screen students in small cross-disciplinary groups. In your second year, you will work collaboratively on the creation of major projects 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 you need to fast-track your career as 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 Academy Award and BAFTA for Mad Max: Fury Road (2016); Nick Meyers ASE, winner of an AACTA for Balibo (2009) and an ASE Award for The Rocket (2013); Andy Canny, winner of an AACTA for The Invisible Man (2020); Mark Perry ASE for Rake (2012-2016), Friday on My Mind (2017) and The Kettering Incident (2016); and Andrea Lang ASE, Cunnamulla (2001), winner of Film Critics Circle of Australia and Hollywood Film Award for Best Documentary, and We Don’t Need a Map (2017), winner of the NSW Premier’s Digital History Prize and Best Documentary ATOM Award.
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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