Adjunct Faculty, Editing Strategies
About The Position
The Instructor of Editing Strategies (1.5 credits) teaches best practices for organizing and editing raw material from an assembly cut through a locked cut. This cross-listed course serves undergraduate and graduate students and covers foundational and advanced mechanics of post-production storytelling. The instructor combines technical expertise in DaVinci Resolve with teaching practices based on iterative feedback, group critiques, and individual mentorship. The role includes teaching structural editing workflows from raw footage and dailies through the final locked cut; demonstrating and troubleshooting DaVinci Resolve workflows; mentoring students in narrative editing strategies; reviewing project iterations through group critiques and individual meetings; and facilitating class lab time as students complete semester deliverables.
Requirements
- A minimum of ten years of professional experience in fiction and non-fiction filmmaking, including broadcast television.
- A bachelor's degree (minimum requirement).
- Technical expertise in DaVinci Resolve.
- Ability to differentiate instruction for undergraduate and graduate students.
- Ability to apply appropriate critique standards across undergraduate and graduate levels.
Responsibilities
- Teach structural editing workflows from raw footage and dailies through the final locked cut.
- Lead demonstrations and troubleshoot workflows using DaVinci Resolve.
- Guide students in narrative strategies, including J-cuts, L-cuts, match cuts, smash cuts, cutaways, cross-cutting, montage, and action cutting.
- Conduct group critiques and individual meetings to review dailies, selects, assemblies, and rough cuts.
- Manage class lab time to support students in completing semester deliverables.
- Differentiate instruction and apply appropriate critique standards for undergraduate and graduate students.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
