Video Editing

This is the one course with a real hardware requirement — a laptop that can handle video editing. Please check with the office before enrolling.

Story before software.

• What an edit is doing
  Choosing what the viewer sees and when. Every cut is a decision someone made.
• Shot types and coverage
  Reading footage, and knowing what is missing before you start.
• Pacing and rhythm hands on
  Why a good edit feels quick regardless of its length.
• Watching critically hands on
  Taking apart an advert shot by shot.

Both, because clients use both.

• Projects, media management and proxies hands on
  Working on a modest laptop without it grinding to a halt.
• Timeline editing hands on
  Cuts, trims, ripple and roll - practised until they are fast.
• Multicam and syncing hands on
  Interviews and events.
• Resolve for colour hands on
  The industry tool, and the free one.

Half the perceived quality, and the half beginners skip.

• Levels, normalisation and loudness hands on
  The single most common fault in local video work.
• Cleaning dialogue hands on
  Noise, hum, room tone and repair.
• Music and licensing
  Where to get tracks you may legally use, and what happens when you do not.
• Mixing for phone speakers hands on
  Because that is where it will actually be heard.

Making it look intentional.

• Correction before grading hands on
  Exposure and white balance first, style second.
• Grading and looks hands on
  Consistency across shots from different cameras.
• Titles, lower thirds and motion graphics hands on
  Built to a brand rather than a preset.
• Subtitles in Urdu and English hands on
  Burned-in and separate files, and why subtitles now drive reach.

Getting it out correctly.

• Aspect ratios and platform specs hands on
  Vertical, square and wide from one project.
• Codecs, bitrates and export settings hands on
  Quality against file size, explained rather than copied off a forum.
• Short-form editing hands on
  Reels, Shorts and TikTok - the pacing that holds attention.
• Archiving a project hands on
  So a client's revision request in six months is possible.

The business of editing.

• Reading a brief and agreeing scope
  Rounds of revision agreed before you start, not after the third one.
• Review workflows hands on
  Timestamped feedback instead of “make it pop”.
• Pricing by project, not by hour
  Why hourly pricing punishes you for getting faster.
• Building a reel hands on
  Ninety seconds of your best work is the whole portfolio.

Before you start

• A laptop that can handle editing
  Check with the office before enrolling - this is the one course with a real hardware requirement.

Where it leads

• Graphic Designing
  Motion and static design pair naturally.
• Social Media Marketing
  Where most video work is commissioned.

Roles this prepares you for

• Video Editor
  Agency, media house or in-house.
• Content Producer
  Shooting and editing for a brand.
• Freelance Editor
  Requires the business skills taught in the Freelancing course as well.

Interested in this programme?

Try the subject free first — there is no reason to pay before you know you like it.