College application intensive
Learn Media Composer through the scripted cinema pipeline: project formats, dailies, metadata, sync, source/record editing, trim, performance construction, scene refinement, screenings, turnovers, conform evidence, and archive.
Completed outcome
Required common orientation / 75 minutes
A reusable orientation to the habits that keep creative projects reproducible, reviewable, accessible, and safe to hand off.
Complete the shared foundationGuided sequence
Module 1 / 4 hours
Build the project from camera, sound, editorial, finishing, and delivery requirements; link and transcode dailies while keeping the metadata needed for conform.
Module 2 / 4 hours
Turn picture and production sound into reliable editorial sources using slate evidence, timecode, waveforms, sync maps, groups, subclips, script notes, and quality checks.
Module 3 / 4 hours
Learn the Composer model, keyboard operation, patching, track selection, insert/overwrite, match frame, marking, and sequence construction through a first scene assembly.
Module 4 / 4 hours
Use Trim Mode and scene analysis to shape point of view, performance, action, eyeline, screen direction, reaction, silence, and dramatic progression.
Module 5 / 3.5 hours
Move from working scene to reviewable cut using temporary sound, titles, effects, VFX placeholders, screening versions, notes, and disciplined revision.
Module 6 / 3 hours plus capstone work
Prepare picture, sound, VFX, music, reference, and metadata turnovers from the approved offline, then prove that editorial decisions can reconnect to sources.
Standardized coursework pack
Camera-original extracts, sound rolls, dailies transcodes, LUT notes, slates, script and lined-script pages, continuity notes, camera reports, sound reports, scene brief, temp music, VFX plates, and turnover specification. Approximately 105 GB including originals, DNx editorial media, renders, exports, and turnover copies.
Media access: the downloadable files define the required rights-cleared pack, checks, and evidence. Large application media must be distributed by the institution through its licensed learning or storage system.
Why this application
Media Composer keeps its place in feature cutting rooms for reasons looking like inconveniences from the outside. Media is managed rather than linked casually, bins are a database rather than a folder, and the application is strict about what it will let you do. On a project running eighteen months with several editors and tens of thousands of clips, strictness is the feature. This course works the way a cutting room does: organising material so a scene stays findable months later, building and revising sequences without losing earlier versions, and preparing a turnover another department is able to act on. The editing itself is the smaller half. Most of the course is about staying in control of a project too large to hold in your head.
Portfolio assessment
Prepare dailies and edit a 4-6 minute dramatic scene in which a character's apparent objective changes, then deliver a traceable offline-to-online package.
| Criterion | Weight |
|---|---|
| Creative and editorial judgment | 25 |
| Technical execution | 25 |
| Workflow organization | 15 |
| Application fluency | 15 |
| Delivery and quality control | 15 |
| Documentation and reflection | 5 |
What counts as strong evidence under each criterion, and what sends it back for revision, is set out in full on the shared foundation. The same wording ships with this course as rubric.csv.
Read 21 September 2026
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