Applicants must have a film project that they are ready to edit. Experimentation in Editing surveys the different traditions of experimentation in editing, such as, Eisenstein's Montage Editing, Surrealism, Jump Cuts and the French New Wave, Cinema Verite, Assemblage Films, MTV and the Music Video. Through a series of exercises, students learn alternative editing strategies for both narrative and non narrative work. Students cut three short projects based upon each covered experimental tradition and then a longer final project. Students receive in class and written critiques examining the development of their technique after each editing exercise.
Students edit a long final project using their choice of editing strategy covered in class.
Projects develop with increasing complexity and enable students to apply their ideas about experimental film to their material to develop their own style and aesthetic. Students receive critiques of their work after each project to determine the progress of their proficiency of craft and creativity.