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 Express. 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 (Brookland/CUA)
Tel:(202) 526-7007
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ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Monique Jeter is an independent producer, director, writer and editor and has 12 years of experience working with the best documentary, feature and commercial filmmakers in the business. She currently manages her own production company, Euqinom Productions, and works with a blue-chip roster of clients in long-form feature, documentary, and program packaging.

Ms. Jeter received her degree in Communication from Norfolk State University and Media Management and Film Production at The New York Institute of Technology.

DATES/TIME
Group A Wed: Mar 3, 10, 17, 24, Mon April 5
7 - 10pm (15 hours)

Group B Tue: Mar 9, 16, 23, 30, April 6
7 - 10pm (15 hours)

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

ARISTEDE AND THE ENDLESS REVOLUTION
Wine and Cheese Reception 6:00 - 8:00pm
Film Screening 8:00pm
Donate to the Charity of your Choice for Admission

RUNNING TIME: 93 min.

FILM SYNPOSIS
Written and Directed by: Nicholas Rossier
An hour south of Miami is the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation, Haiti. In 1991 its citizens elected a former Roman Catholic priest and exponent of liberation theology, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, as president. Popular among Haiti's poor and disenfranchised, Aristide become a target of Haiti's business interests (and the political parties that served those interests) because of his daring policies which tried to raise the standard of living for the huge majority of Haitians. During his second term in office, his government came under increasing pressure from many sides and by 2004 political violence had escalated sharply. On February 29, 2004, Aristide and his family left Haiti on a US-dispatched airplane -- according to Aristide, against his will; the US claims with his full cooperation.

Nicolas Rossier's powerful and informative documentary focuses on Aristide's later years as president, as he struggled to fulfill his promises of reform in the face of mounting domestic opposition (driven in large part by business and military interests) and, simultaneously, an increasingly hostile relationship with the United States.

Featuring an exclusive interview with Aristide from his exile in South Africa as well as the views of a wide range of supporters and critics including US Assistant Secretary of State Roger Noriega, Colin Powell, and Noam Chomsky, and intermixed with searing glimpes inside strife-torn Haiti, Aristide and the Endless Revolution offers a moving testimony to the Haitian peoples' struggle against oppression and exposes the tangled web of hope, deceit, and political violence that brought the world's first black republic to its knees.

REVIEWS
"Taut, well-balanced, insightful. A probing look into Haiti's contentious modern history."
- The New York Times

"Powerful, cogent! An absorbing piece of investigative journalism. Surprising access to a bevy of heavyweights." - Boston Globe

"Informative and Enraging...Highly recommended!" - SF Weekly

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
Sat: Mar 13, 20, 27
1pm Film Screening / 3pm Lecture