Introduction to Documentary Editing

This training workshop is designed for anyone new to documentary editing, using Adobe Premiere Pro software. You’ll learn the interface, how to establish a workflow, ingest files, use tools to trim/place/move your material where you want it, incorporate still pictures, and add basic transitions/titles/effects. You’ll use provided footage for practice material, on lab workstations (up to two participants per computer), and the course includes a final editing challenge for real-world experience (and an optional independent lab session on March 25, the third Wednesday). Besides this technical training, discussion of documentary editing history and theory surrounds each week’s topics on editing basics, effects, color, and sound.