NON-LINEAR EDITING
3-DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP
(WITH FINAL CUT PRO HD)

March 9, 10, 11, 2007
Workshop Facilitator: S. Torriano Berry

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This workshop is designed to provide the conceptual, procedural and technical knowledge needed so that participants can use the Final Cut Pro HD system to learn or improve their non-linear video editing skills. Participants will become familiar with the essential terminology, conceptual theories, equipment operation, and fundamental post-production practices to effectively edit & EDI digital video productions.

Teaching methods include lectures, demonstrations, hands-on production exercises and editing a 2-5 minute dramatic video project. Informational handouts, study sheets and edit systems will be provided. Participants are encouraged – although not required – to bring their own portable firewire hard drives and personal laptop computers with Final-Cut Pro installed.

WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR - S. TORRIANO BERRY

Award winning independent filmmaker, writer and film/television professor, S. Torriano Berry, created and produced: BLACK INDEPENDENT SHOWCASE, a series of independent and student films and videos; THE BLACK BEYOND, an anthology series of horror, science fiction and supernatural short films and videos from an African-American perspective; THE LIGHT and WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN - two dramatic made-for-TV movies for WPVI-TV 6 in Philadelphia, PA; and BLACK VISIONS/SILVER SCREEN: HOWARD UNIVERSITY STUDENT FILM SHOWCASE - a 10-part series of student produced films and videos for WHUT- TV 32, Howard University Television.

He has also re-edited evangelists James and Eloyce Gist’s 1929 silent film Hellbound Train, which was rediscovered in fragments in a vault at the Library of Congress. Professor Berry plans to screening and lecture about this historic work.

Professor Berry’s first-feature length film, EMBALMER, is about a deranged mortician who tries to bring his murdered family back to life. A 30-minute version of this horror film was a finalist in Showtime Network’s 1998 Black Short Filmmaker's Showcase. He has directed, photographed and edited numerous video documentaries and industrial features including Jesus Can Change Your Life - a half-hour national presentation for Harvest LifeChangers World Ministries; a promotional video for the DC Employment Justice Center; a campaign kick-off video for the D.C. Energy Office, a promotional video for the BESLA 25th anniversary conference, and numerous personal projects.

In the literary field, Citadel Press published Professor Berry’s co-authored film resource book THE 50 MOST INFLUENTIAL BLACK FILMS in July 2001, and he has traveled extensively conducting lectures and presentations on the history of Black films in America. Currently, Professor Berry is completing THE HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CINEMA, scheduled for publication by Scarecrow Press in 2005. He has also completed two novels; TEARS is based on his feature-length screenplay exploring the negative and often tragic effects brought on by racist attitudes in America, and THE HONEYMAN'S SON, a coming-of-age tale about a young man’s dreams and aspirations while growing up during the 1940s.

Berry is a tenured faculty member of the Howard University Department of Radio, Television and Film. He holds a B.A. degree in Art/Photography from Arizona State University, and a M.F.A. in Motion Picture Production from UCLA. He may be reached by calling (202) 806-6712; his email address is sberry@howard.edu