2 sessions: Saturday–Sunday, April 22-23, 10 am–4 pm

This course covers basic nonlinear editing with Premiere Pro (for Mac) through demonstrations and hands-on instruction using narrative and documentary footage provided by the instructor. Topics include media management and archiving, editing vocabulary and concepts, editing process for narrative and documentary, importing and organizing your media, trimming clips and building your rough cut, using a variety of editing tools to fine-tune your edit, working with sound, applying transitions, adding titles, using basic video effects, and exporting your project. The material covered is also applicable to Premiere Pro for PCs. iMacs provided. Bring headphones or earbuds for lab time. There is a lunch break each session.

Tuition: $235 regular/$175 member/$130 low-income

Beth Peloff is a documentary filmmaker with ten years of experience making short films about people coming together to make art and community. She has taught video production classes since 2004 and co-owns Green Jeans Media LLC, a Minneapolis-based video production and animation company.

Class Registration Guidelines & Cancellation Policy

• Space is assigned on a first-come basis. Registrations must include payment in full to be valid. Registrations are accepted beyond registration deadlines as long as space is available.
• If minimum enrollment has not been reached by 5 days prior to the start date of a class, IFP MN may cancel it, in which case registrants will immediately be notified and receive a full refund by PayPal or charge card credit (for phone or in person credit card registrations) within 5 business days. A check will be issued for registrations that were paid in cash. In lieu of a refund, students have the option of applying their tuition to another course if scheduled in the same calendar year.
  For those wishing to cancel a registration prior to the class registration deadline, 100% of the tuition will be refunded minus a $25 administrative fee. For registration cancellations received after the registration deadline but prior to the first class session, 50% of the tuition will be refunded minus a $25 administrative fee. As of a class start date, no refunds or credits/exchanges will be given.
• Tuition is not prorated for missed class sessions.