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Video Editing: A Guide for Beginners

In this course, students will use the FREE Davinci Resolve editing software to create and edit videos.
Rachael Young
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4.9
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Class

What's included

8 live meetings
7 hrs 20 mins in-class hours

Class Experience

Welcome to Video Editing for Beginners!

In this class, students will learn how to edit and create their own videos using the free video editing software, Davinci Resolve.

This software has all the tools needed to create dynamic and visually exciting videos, and you will learn how to use the basic functions in order to build up your video from start to finish.

More and more young people are getting into video editing, creating projects for home, school, for youtube, and for many other reasons. Having the right software is important, but it can be confusing when you don't know where to begin.
This course will take you step by step through creating a video project from scratch.

Here's what you'll learn over the 8 weeks:
Lesson one: Tour of DaVinci, inserting media, and basic editing.
Lesson two: Inserting audio, sourcing free music, and basic audio editing. Please note, learners will be directed to an external website to download free music. No account or sign-up is necessary. 
Lesson three: Inserting and animating text, using basic colour shapes.
Lesson four: Editing the timing of our video clips - slow-mo and speeding up.
Lesson five: Editing the colours in our clips - back and white, blurring, and brightening.
Lesson six: Introduction to the FUSION page
Lesson seven: Special effects #1 - dynamic zoom, advanced shapes, and overlays
Lesson eight: Special effects #2 - in-built special effects

Each lesson you will follow along with me as I edit a video, using your own video clips to create a project of your own.
Over the 8 weeks, each student will complete a video project, putting into practise the skills learned each week, and submit this at the end of the course.

In this class we use DaVinci Resolve, a free video editing programme. DaVinci is extremely memory-hungry and some computers struggle to get it running, so please ensure you have the software downloaded and tested before class starts so that any issues can be resolved.

Syllabus

8 Lessons
over 8 Weeks
Lesson 1:
Setting up
 We will set up our computer to link with DaVinci Resolve, and begin our project, using the cut page, and insert a simple transition 
55 mins online live lesson
Lesson 2:
Audio
 We will download free music to use in our projects, and learn about using keyframes to edit our volume. 
55 mins online live lesson
Lesson 3:
Text
 We will learn to style our text, and then animate it using keyframes 
55 mins online live lesson
Lesson 4:
Timing
 We will explore how to create slow motion, speeding up, freeze frames and much more. 
55 mins online live lesson

Other Details

Parental Guidance
In this class we use DaVinci Resolve, a free video editing programme. DaVinci is extremely memory-hungry and some computers struggle to get it running, so please ensure you have the software downloaded and tested before class starts so that any issues can be resolved. The software can be downloaded free at https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwnNyUBhCZARIsAI9AYlEZuR6N4F35raxorqAJW2_g7aE9OKodReLml7Boa_2oyJRb7AYYOqIaAvjpEALw_wcB
Supply List
Students will need a computer with Davinci Resolve installed, and ideally, a second device to run the Outschool class on. Students will need to see both DR and Zoom for the lessons.
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Joined November, 2020
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Non-US Teaching Certificate in English/Language Arts
Master's Degree in Education from Northumbria University
Bachelor's Degree in English from University of Newcastle
Before becoming a teacher, I was a graphic designer, and worked for an organization as creative administrator. I worked predominantly with Final Cut and Adobe, but have become more familiar with Davinci Resolve recently, and I love how user-friendly it is.

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$160

for 8 classes
1x per week, 8 weeks
55 min

Completed by 277 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 10-15
2-8 learners per class

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