INTRO FINAL CUT PRO 7
Learn the basics of non-linear editing through practical application. 

Students will learn:

*Editing in the timeline
*Trim Techniques
*Setting Markers
*Logging and Capturing footage
*Applying transitions, titles, and audio
*Importing and exporting functionalities
*How to establish a workflow.

This will be a great opportunity for students who want to learn the basics of Final Cut Pro. The class will be fun, interactive and hands-on every step of the way. The final class will be open lab session where, under the instructor's supervision, you can practice what you have learned and edit your own footage (mini dv or dvcam) or footage provided by DCTV.

LOCATION
DCTV Public Access Station
901 Newton Street , NE
Washington, DC 20017 (METRO: Brookland/CUA)
Tel:(202) 526-7007
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ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR: MARK LEEKE
Mark has been in broadcasting for over 20 years. He started at CNN Headline News in Atlanta, GA. At CNN, Mark worked as a TD/Director and as an Editor. In 1997, he moved to Tokyo, Japan to work for Reuters News Service where he directed live newscasts in English and Japanese, shot video using multi-camera formats, and edited with Media 100 and Final Cut.

In 2003, Mark returned to the US to work for Comcast in Boston, MA where he worked as a Director for their CN8 network start up. Three years later, he returned home to Washington to teach at DCTV. Mark offers classes in Production, Studio Tech, Field Tech, and Final Cut.

DATES/TIME
Mon: April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 17
7 - 10pm (15 hours)

NOTES: Workstation / Software Provided;
Group = 4 Students Max (2 per Workstation)

GREAT FILMS WITH YALE PROF MARC LAPADULA
Film Screening 1:00 - 3:00pm
Lecture 3:00 - 4:15pm

This course will look at films from some of cinema's most ambitious directors. Interested in accomplishing much more than merely entertaining their audiences, these individuals created compelling films that were simultaneously layered with rich subtexts. As a class, we focus on a single film for each class meeting as we attempt to decipher what these filmmakers were really attempting to say about the controversial state of the world and the viewer's precarious place in it. In each case we will examine the ways the filmmakers visualized and reworked the script.

The films examined will be:

REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (Nicholas Ray, 1955)
CHINATOWN (Roman Polanski, 1974)
THE SHINING (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)

LOCATION
Civilian Art Projects
1019 7th Street NW (between New York and L)
(METRO: Convention Center or Gallery Place)
Washington, DC 20001
Tel:(202) 526-7007
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ABOUT MARC LAPADULA
Marc Lapadula is a full-time lecturer at Yale University, where he runs the screenwriting program in the Film Studies Department. Marc also lectures and conducts screenwriting workshops on both graduate and undergraduate levels at the University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins University. He has also lectured on film and conducted screenwriting seminars at Columbia University Graduate Film School, as well as the Screenwriting Series at the Smithsonian Institution. He is a consultant for film producers and New Line Films studio. Marc produced the short film, ANGEL PASSING, starring Hume Cronyn, which was screened at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival and won the Grand Jury Award at WORLDFEST, the Houston International Film Festival. Marc co-produced the film MENTOR starring Rutger Hauer, which premiered at THE TRIBECCA FILM FESTIVAL 2006. Marc's former students have written/written for: THE HANGOVER, (500) DAYS OF SUMMER, THE BREAK UP, FAMILY GUY, LAW AND ORDER, SVU, SCRUBS, and THE AGENCY.

DATES/TIME TBD