Through Northwestern Michigan College Extended Ed and UpNorth Media Center, Dan Kelly (that’s me) is guiding an editorial workshop this winter, Enhanced Editorial. The first workshop (Option 1) starts January 16, that’s next week! Here’s the link to the NMC’s Extended Education PDF catalog, where you’ll find the following…
Movie Post-Production— Enhanced Editorial   EEAC749 Led by freelance filmmaker, Dan Kelly, go beyond the basics of editing as you connect with other editors, improve your technical chops, and expand your aesthetic palette. See full description on page 38.
and here’s what’s on page 38…
Movie Post-Production— Enhanced Editorial   EEAC749 Led by freelance filmmaker, Dan Kelly, go beyond the basics of editing as you connect with other editors, improve your technical chops, and expand your aesthetic palette. In a workshop format you’ll critique each other’s work and screen the classics. Basic proficiency in editing software and a passion for story are the only pre-requisites. Although there will be some technical nuts and bolts, this series is more about transcending the “gee whiz” of technology and touching the editorial art. Enroll in either or both options.
Both options 5 Wed., 6-8 p.m.
Opt. 1: Jan. 16-Feb. 13 Code: 12155
Opt. 2: Feb. 20-Mar. 20 Code: 12156
UpNorth TV Studio/LIAA (324 Munson Ave., TC) Instructor: Dan Kelly $175 each option
There’s even a vague bio of me on page 66 too! Registration is a snap, unless you’re a grumbling curmudgeon.
5 EASY WAYS TO REGISTER:
Phone: 231-995-1700 (credit or debit card) Mon-Fri, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. toll-free 800-748-0566
Fax: 231-995-1708 (credit card, debit card or purchase order) anytime
Online: www.nmc.edu/ees
(credit card or debit card) need student ID and password for each student
Mail: NMC-EES, 1701 E. Front St., Traverse City, MI 49686-3061 include payment (credit or debit card, check, or purchase order)
In-person: Registeryear-round,Mon.- Fri, 8 am-5 pm, at Extended Education in north wing of NMC University Center on Cass Road in Traverse City (between 14th Street and S. Airport Road)
The Enhanced Editorial outline in progress. I trust it’s more intriguing than it is obscure.
Workshop 1: Editorial Research Expedition
• Join the elite team of misfits and longhairs laboring to build a magnificent space ark
• I am my own education
• JKL, IO my! YOUR first silent film
• Fasten seatbelts, A Brief Mind Boggling Tour of Post-Production
• The Mother of all Links – what to watch / hear / read
Workshop 2: Why does editing work? – Part 1
• It just works, that’s all! <- the short version
• Are we allowed to know that?
• Arm chair cognition, the science
• What about art?
Workshop 3: The continuum – Color, VFX, Text, Sound and Why does editing work (Part 2)
Color
• Color in early film… really? George Melies, Cecile B Demille
• Color Grading – fundamental and fancy. Matching scenes OR creating a mood – • • Matrix, Pee Wee’s big Adventure
Text
• What’s text tells – Helvetica, Gary Hustwit, 2007
• What does Jaques Tati Mon Oncle and Jared Hess Napoleon Dynamite have in common?
VFX
• Really Cool / Really Pointless and Absolutely Necessary/ Story Killer
• An exciting career in roto
• 3D and 3D
• Stupid Computer Tricks
Sound – 60%
• music
• ADR
• mix
• foley
• what!?
• Why does editing work – part 2
Everything else
Workshop 4: Invisible Art, not so much
Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Tahir Shah. Feroze to Tahir… “I’m searching for those whose lives depend on deception: for those who conjure miracles for the masses.”
• Classic HW style or Just Say No (to reality), a retrospective
• Where are we Toto?
• Armchair cognition revisited
• Fast is slow
• Stealth vs Surprise
Workshop 5: What is good?
• Appropriate the super organism – Storytelling
• Does it rock? Maybe…
• Make some serious mistakes
• A message from the central office (embrace your mediocrity)
• Come with me if you want to live!
• Beyond editorial – take the first step, you decide, personal hygiene
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Though both options will have similar outlines, Option 2 is not a repeat of Option 1. We’ll go deeper into the concepts and practice, covering the fundamentals with new twists and insights. How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, Practice, Practice.
Note – The fourth Wednesday of every month will be moved to the Inside Out Gallery and Enhanced Editing will be merged with the general meeting of the Michigan Movie Makers.