College application intensive

Adobe Premiere Pro for Television Editing

Learn Premiere as a fast-turn television editorial system: ingest mixed media, build a factual story, trim interviews and coverage, manage multicamera and sound, finish graphics, color and captions, and deliver a broadcast-ready package.

LevelBeginner

Time26-30 hours

Structure6 modules + capstone

AssessmentPortfolio rubric

Completed outcome

Edit and deliver a 4-6 minute factual television segment using interviews, B-roll, multicamera material, graphics, and captions.

Six-module visual course map for Adobe Premiere Pro for Television Editing.

What you will be able to do

Create a project from a television delivery and editorial brief.
Ingest, organize, proxy, transcribe, and verify mixed production media.
Construct a factual story from interviews and evidence without changing meaning.
Use three-point, trim, multicamera, audio, graphics, color, and caption workflows.
Export, inspect, consolidate, and turn over a documented television package.

Lab access and prerequisites

Current institution-supported Premiere Pro and Adobe Media Encoder.
A calibrated or institution-approved Rec. 709 viewing path and closed-back headphones.
At least 80 GB of fast working storage for source and proxy media.
No prior nonlinear editing experience is required.

Know the workspace by function

Conceptual functional workspace map for Adobe Premiere Pro. — This original diagram is intentionally version-neutral and does not imitate a proprietary application screenshot.

Version policy: concepts are version-neutral. Interface labels and shortcuts are verified against the institution-supported release and reviewed each academic term.

Required common orientation / 75 minutes

Professional Media Workflow Foundation

A reusable orientation to the habits that keep creative projects reproducible, reviewable, accessible, and safe to hand off.

Complete the shared foundation

Guided sequence

Six modules from setup to verified delivery

Module 1 / 3.5 hours

Design the project, ingest, and proxy workflow

Translate a broadcaster brief into project, storage, color, audio, proxy, metadata, and sequence decisions before editorial work begins.

Inventory mixed camera and audio formats.
Create a project and proxy workflow that preserves relink paths.
Organize media using bins, labels, metadata, and sequence conventions.

Complete

Module 2 / 4 hours

Log interviews and build a factual story

Turn transcripts, interviews, observation, B-roll, and verified facts into a paper edit and radio cut that preserve meaning and reveal change.

Create searchable transcripts and selects.
Build a paper edit around claims and evidence.
Assemble a coherent interview-led radio cut before adding coverage.

Complete

Module 3 / 4 hours

Edit picture, coverage, and multicamera action

Use source/sequence operations, track targeting, three-point editing, trim tools, JKL playback, and multicamera synchronization to create visual continuity and pace.

Perform efficient three-point and keyboard-led editing.
Choose trims based on story and continuity.
Synchronize and edit multicamera material without losing source options.

Complete

Module 4 / 4 hours

Build broadcast sound, graphics, and accessibility

Shape dialogue, natural sound, music, and transitions. Create legible graphics. And produce human-reviewed captions tied to the approved edit.

Organize and balance television audio by role.
Create safe, readable titles and lower thirds.
Generate, edit, style, and export accurate captions.

Complete

Module 5 / 3.5 hours

Finish color, timing, and programme compliance

Lock the segment, manage mixed source color, correct and match shots with scopes, verify duration and legal/creative requirements, and prepare a controlled final timeline.

Distinguish input, working, display, and output color decisions.
Correct exposure and balance before applying a look.
Run a picture-lock and compliance review against the brief.

Complete

Module 6 / 3 hours plus capstone work

Export, inspect, consolidate, and turn over

Create master, review, caption, audio, and turnover files from the locked sequence, then inspect the actual outputs and package the project for continuation.

Configure exports from a written broadcast specification.
Perform technical and content QC on delivered files.
Consolidate a project with handles, documentation, and relink evidence.

Complete

Standardized coursework pack

Night Shift television segment pack

Two interviews, B-roll, observational sequences, two-camera demonstration, production audio, stills, graphics kit, music, transcripts, releases, fact sheet, caption style, and broadcast delivery brief. Approximately 65 GB source media and 18 GB proxy/media-cache allowance.

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.

Project brief Asset manifest Submission checklist Rubric CSV Instructor pacing guide Media-pack production guide Printable command reference

Portfolio assessment

Capstone: Night Shift

Edit a 4-6 minute factual television segment about an overnight public service, using interviews, observation, a two-camera process, graphics, captions, and verified delivery evidence.

Submit

Organized Premiere project with attached proxies
Broadcast-spec master and review file
Caption sidecar and transcript
Dialogue, music, effects, and full-mix audio deliverables
Fact, rights, graphics, color, and QC records
Consolidated turnover and five-minute walkthrough

Constraints

Do not change contributor meaning or imply unsupported causality.
Every factual graphic requires a recorded source.
Human-review all captions against picture and sound.
Inspect the exported master from beginning to end.

100-point portfolio rubric for Adobe Premiere Pro for Television Editing
Criterion	Weight	Strong evidence	Revision needed
Creative and editorial judgment	25	Choices support the brief, audience, structure, and intended experience.	Choices appear arbitrary, obscure meaning, or do not answer the brief.
Technical execution	25	The project is controlled, internally consistent, and free from avoidable faults.	Errors in sync, routing, media, timing, levels, or settings weaken the result.
Workflow organization	15	Files, tracks, bins, versions, and media can be understood and relinked by another editor.	The project depends on undocumented locations, names, or destructive actions.
Application fluency	15	The student uses appropriate tools efficiently and can explain why each was chosen.	The workflow is unnecessarily slow, fragile, or based on trial and error.
Delivery and quality control	15	All deliverables meet the specification and are verified after export.	Required files, checks, metadata, access assets, or technical properties are missing.
Documentation and reflection	5	The decision log identifies evidence, revisions, limitations, and transferable learning.	Documentation lists actions without explaining decisions or unresolved risks.

Maintained source base

Official references

Use these sources to confirm current application behavior. Every lesson carries a visible review date and avoids presenting a menu location as a timeless principle.

Curriculum reviewed 2026-07-13.