Artists' Television Access

Author: Fara

  • Workshop: A class in Shotcut video editing by David Cox

    David Cox, award-winning filmmaker, offers a class in Shotcut video editing. 

    Shotcut is a free video editing tool that runs on Mac OS, Windows, or Linux.

    Using freely available content from the Internet, Cox will demonstrate the use of Shotcut in the context of

    • Continuity Editing (standard narrative film cutting)
    • Montage editing (making montage sequences)
    • Compositing
    Skills covered
     
    Match cuts
    Eyelines
    Cutting on Action
    Use of sound/dialog cutting to improve continuity
    Requirement:  bring-your-own laptop

  • Anti-Fascist Film Series: The  Great Dictator

    Five INSPIRING Films of People Power and Democracy Overthrowing Fascism, June 27 – August 1

    Charlie Chaplin’s The  Great Dictator is a bold,  award-winning satire  that mocks Hitler and  Mussolini, delivering  a powerful anti-fascist  message at the outbreak  of WWII—Hollywood’s  only prewar film to  openly ridicule the  Axis leaders, (USA 1940).

     

  • Anti-Fascist Film Series: No

    Five INSPIRING Films of People Power and Democracy Overthrowing Fascism, June 27 – August 1

    NO is based on Chile’s  1988 referendum, where citizens, defying  fear and repression,  voted to end Pinochet’s  15-year dictatorship.  A bold campaign and  mass mobilization led  to a historic victory  that helped restore  democracy, (Chile 2012) .