Welcome The Bridge’s Editing Academy is a two year course providing a unique opportunity to enter into the exciting world of editing. An editor’s “boot camp”. Not only will it give you a thorough understanding of the technical and creative aspects of editing, but it will also give you the elusive ability to get inside a clients’ head and understand what they want.
The Bridge’s Editing Academy will be your pathway in becoming an editor.
It is as much a course in psychology as it is in the craft of editing. Over the two years you will experience not only traditional training, but also work real placements. You will have current working editors as mentors as well as experience a host of other training methods.
The Common Room
The Bridge will be your partner throughout the journey of becoming an editor. Successful graduates will be eligible to join the books of leading talent agency The Crewing Company at a suitable level, in order to kick-start their career. The Crewing Company normally only takes on editors with years of experience. However, as partners in this project, they are sharing our commitment to nurturing new talent. Every participant in the course will get help finding a job. * Our aim is for every student to become gainfully employed.
We keep the course relevant to the most up to date technologies and working practices by continually taking advice from current industry practitioners and employers. Not only will you have training, you will also have many networking opportunities to help you succeed in getting a job.
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Key Features
At the end of the two years you will have:
The ability to ‘get inside the client’s head’, understanding the psychology of editing.
Experienced a uniquely tailored programme of mentoring, training and work placements.
Knowledge and experience of editing and programme making grammar.
A place on the books of top freelance agency* The Crewing Company, a position normally reserved for editors with extensive experience.
An understanding of the anatomy of the media industry and where you fit into it.
Completed real editing work. * Conditions apply
The Classroom
Wisdom passed on to you by leading practitioners who will mentor you during the course. Extensive technical training on industry standard software.
Essential networking and communication skills. Contact with leading industry figures who you will meet during seminars and master classes.
* Conditions apply
About The Bridge Whether you are a large multinational, smaller business or individual, we understand and fulfil all your training needs With The Bridge as your training partner, you will be looked after by the best trainers in the world. As respected advisors to industry and an unparalleled number of industry partners, all our off-the-shelf and bespoke training courses are timely, relevant and pitched to your individual requirements.
We provide consultancy services to a wide variety of public sector and industry clients We are currently trusted by a wide variety of public sector partners to help them understand and support the creative industries. Our past and present public sector clients include Skillset, Westminster City Council, Creative Way, Bectu, and UKTI. Our private sector clients include BBC, ITV, EPSN along with a number of colleges and universities.
We are flexible to meet your needs
We provide technical, creative, management and leadership training to the creative industries Most of the software and hardware used by these industries are supported by our training. All our trainers are leading practitioners in their field, and are active in the industry. All of our hardware and software is state-of-the-art industry specific. Our purpose built training centre is equipped with everything you need to learn in a comfortable, energising and inspiring environment.
We provide a bespoke service, which will mould the course to you rather than you to the course. Our main training centre has some of the best transport links available in the UK. It’s less than 5 minutes walk from Hackney Wick Station and one stop away from Stratford International main line station, with a bus stop a few minutes away. It also benefits from being less than 100 metres from the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
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We have worked with The Bridge to create this new revolutionary course. We are so confident of the content that we will offer all successful students a place on our books Stuart Hatton - MD, The Crewing Company
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Course Modules Overview All modules are supported by seminars, coaching, weekly mentor conversations and one to one tuition. The courses are fluid enough to be able to cater for your individual needs. Pressing the right buttons Students will understand how to operate Avid, Apple and Adobe editing equipment to a high standard.*
Media Management This module addresses how you manage and log your footage. We look at both tape and tapeless media and explores bin structures and the best ways to manage media depending on the style and genre of the programme.
Study of Narrative You will obtain a high level understanding of TV and Film narrative, and will learn to think like an editor. You will learn how to construct stories that both engage and captivate an audience.
This module also covers back-up, confidentiality and security issues surrounding media.
Practical Documentary editing In this module you will edit your own documentary under the supervision of both your tutor and editing mentor. This will be your first step in constructing a story from scratch and an introduction to working with a client. You will gain insights into how many different ways there are to tell a story and learn how to construct and engaging narrative. This will include writing commentary and designing a look and feel. Timeline Management The difference between a good editor and a great editor is coming up with the goods on time. During this module you will learn how to make creative decisions quickly and not to get ‘blocked’ during the creative process. You will also learn how to ‘run’ an edit by leading your director and other production staff to keep the edit moving. This module will address your confidence and ability to lead people. * Equipment may be changed without notice.
The Design Room
Course Modules Overview (cont’d) Client Handling Skills
This is, in effect, a psychology module. It deals with how to engage and communicate with clients. You will learn how to handle your clients when they are stressed and stay creative when under pressure.
Anatomy of the Industry
This module explains the anatomy of production and post-production companies and gives insight to where the editor sits within it. You will gain an understanding of who does what in a production and the chain of command and working practices of production, post and broadcaster.
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Course Modules Overview (cont’d) Practical Drama Editing
Self-Management
As per documentary editing. You will be editing your own drama over the course of a few weeks, and will obtain a deeper understanding of drama storytelling and pacing. You will be taught how to lead an audience and how subtle editing differences can take an audience in all sorts of
This module addresses some of the more practical aspects to being a freelance editor. You will learn how to invoice, manage your accounts. You will gain valuable insights and contacts from seasoned professionals regarding how to manage your financial affairs and conduct yourself through your career.
You will learn how to get the best out of an actors’ performance, how to interpret the script and to be able to add your creativity in order to tell a story.
Work Placements
Finding editors is one of the hardest parts of post-production. We receive 100’s of cv’s from potential editors; this course will offer students a clear advantage in the competitive market Simon Kanjee, MD, Evolutions
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Nearing the end of the course you will have the opportunity to go to work. Along with The Crewing Company, we will arrange you real work. Real work is a different experience to training and, guided by your tutors and mentor, we will help you through your first steps in your career. We will be available to make the process go as smoothly as possible. If you do a great job, you may find yourself with a client for life! It may seem like a long way off now, however after the training you will stand out from the crowd.
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Shooting Skills
To help understand the constraints of a shoot, this module has you shoot and edit your own footage; both drama and documentary. Good editors have an understanding of shooting styles and also have an ability to ‘read the rushes’. By experiencing the shooting process you will gain invaluable knowledge of how this process works. This experience will also help you understand how directors work and will be an invaluable aid to your editing abilities.
Practical Light Entertainment Editing
The third of the practical editing modules has you edit a light entertainment show. A different discipline from drama and documentary editing, this module gives you experience in the pacing and narrative of Light Entertainment.
I wish this was around when I was starting out. This dramatically speeds up the process of becoming an editor. Even junior editors could benefit from this training Paul McAleavey, Award-winning Editor
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Dan Gable, BAFTA nominated dubbing mixer and co-owner of The Bridge. Previously co-owner of Resolution, the UK’s largest editing house, and MD of Air Post-Production and director of the Air Studios Group.
About The Crewing Company The Crewing Company are Broadcast Recruitment Specialists supplying a wide range of Production and Post-Production talent:
DOP’s EDITORS Lighting Camera C AME RA A SSISTANTS SOUND RECORDISTS COLOURISTS VFX COMPOSITORS MOTION GFX ANIMATORS DUBBING MIXERS Audio Editors SOUND DESIGNERS PRODUCERS DIRECTORS VISION MIXERS Hair & Make Up Artists The Crewing Company are crewing and media recruitment specialists to the creative industries supplying a diverse portfolio of talent to support the full production lifecycle. With headquarters in East London’s Hackney Wick, The Crewing Company represent over 600 of the UK’s most talented and creative production and post production freelancers and work with many of the world’s biggest brands in broadcast, production, advertising and PR including BSKYB, Endemol, Shine & WPP. In partnership with broadcast equipment hire company Alias Hire, The Crewing Company and are the most conveniently located crew and kit hire facility for the Olympic Park.
The Crewing Company Unit 9B, Queens Yard Whitepost Lane Hackney Wick London E9 5EN
I have employed hundreds of people over the years and there is still a skill gap in the TV industry. Even though thousands of people apply for jobs, it is hard to find candidates who are work ready. This was one of the inspirations to open The Bridge and create The Editing Academy
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Investment and pre requisites
T: +44(0) 208 525 4844 E: enquiries@thecrewingcompany.com
Investment
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The tuition is payable in two yearly installments.*
Total investment for all modules totals £18,970
Pre requisites
There is an interview process prior to acceptance to assess student suitability.
Contact us Natalie Brady
The Bridge Media Training Limited Unit 9b, Queen’s Yard, White Post Lane London E9 5EN T: +44(0) 203 222 5404 E: natalie@thebridgetraining.com www.thebridgetraining.com * Conditions apply
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The Bridge Media Training Limited, Unit 9b, Queen’s Yard, White Post Lane, London, E9 5EN