This course aims at introducing the students to the practical and intellectual skills necessary for video production with the new digital technological developments, especially for TV and online news where the viewers’ attentions tend to drift after a minute or two. The focus of the course is to help the potential TV and new media journalists, camera and editing operators to experience the principles and techniques of editing as the most critical step in the post-production process of any TV and new media production that have a few precious moments to establish a scene, introduce characters, advance a plotline and inform, surprise or entertain with a sharp focus. The students of this course will learn how to use to build specific shooting, recording and editing techniques that call on a range of skills, from the technical to the artistic, and it’s easy to get caught up in the nuances of shot composition or equipment operation.
Can BEKCAN
Senior Instructor
Communication Consultant
News Editing Techniques
Eastern Mediterranean University Faculty of Communication and Media Studies Department of New Media and Journalism
Course Outline
Course Completion Requirements
Within the scope of the course, topics about the post-production processes, camera angles, video shooting, editing software, basics of editing and editing news for TV and social networking sites. Students should shoot and edit several videos. The information about video editing is below.
Exams and Projects
A practice exam, midterm and final project will be applied within the scope of the course.
- Practical exam %15
- Midterm project %35
- Final project %50
Format of the Lesson
News Editing Technique course is going to be conducted to theoretical and practical. Theories are going to be transferred to form a basis for practical studies. All theoretical information will be shared on this site weekly.
Course Outcomes
With the information to be acquired within the scope of this course, proficiency in video shooting and news editing will be achieved. You will have information about how to start a project, importance of the news editing and advanced news editing.
Important Notes
Each student must have own flash driver or cloud account to upload/download own videos.
You may download editing software from our department’s FTP server.
Server: my.vacd.emu.edu.tr (user and password are going to be given in the class)
Program: Adobe Premiere Pro
Weekly Courses Content
1. Week
- Along with the course content, information will be given on how the topics will be covered and the exam/scoring system.
- Importance of editing
- Editing softwares
2. Week
- Project opening procedures
- Interface of editing software
- First video editing practice
…
3. Week
- Editing videos
- Ordering
- Cutting
- Adding sound
…
4. Week
- Editing videos
- Ordering
- Cutting
- Adding sound
- Transition
- Lower third
…
5. Week
Practical exam
6. Week
- Color correction
- Sound editing
…
7. Week
- Lower third
- B-roll transition
…
8 - 9. Weeks
Midterm project submissions
10. Week
- Working with timecodes
- B-rolls
…
11. Week
- Advanced color correction
…
12. Week
- Advanced audio arragement
…
13. Week
- Advanced lower third
…
14. Week
Final project submission
Detailed Grades
Practical Exam
%15
1 video is going to be edited in 1 hour. You are going to be responsible to edit the videos that you receive during the practical exam. Video duration will not be more than 1 minute.
Evaluation Criteria
- Shots ordering
- Transitions
- Lower third title
- Sound
- Frame
Midterm Project
%35
In the videos you will edit for your midterm project, you can do it on a free topic.
Issues you need to pay attention to;
- Video length should be between 3-5 minutes,
- The video should not be made on a single scene,
- The video should not be made from a single angle,
- The video should not be made entirely from photos or graphics,
- No copyrighted music should be used in the video,
- Video format should only be .mp4,
- Videos should not be made in the form of selfies,
- Visuals prepared entirely with artificial intelligence should not be used in the video,
- The video should not be made like a motivational speech video.
Please note that if your video violates any of the above points, you will lose 50% of your midterm grade.
Evaluation Criteria
- Shots ordering related with subject (narration)
- Transitions (b-rolls)
- Lower third title
- Sound
- Color
- Frame
Final Project
%50
You need to produce 2 news videos on 2 different topics and 3 videos prepared for social media (Reels) on 3 different topics.
News Videos;
- It should be between 2-3 minutes,
- Must include an announcement,
- Must include interview,
- It must be prepared horizontally,
- There should be sound and music,
- They must have been filmed in different scenes,
- The lower third should be placed,
- Attention should be paid to angles and framing.
Social Media Video (Reels);
- It can be about anything you want (are interested in),
- It should be prepared vertically according to the story sizing,
- It should be between 1 – 1:30 minutes,
- Attention should be paid to the safe areas of the social media story,
- Motion graphics and artificial intelligence videos can be used,
- There should be voice-over and music,
Music must be royalty free.
If your videos violate any of the above, you will lose 50% of your final project.
Evaluation Criteria
- Shots ordering related with subject (narration)
- Transitions (b-rolls)
- Lower third title
- Sound
- Color
- Frame
- Duration