Pacing is one of the most challenging creative skills in editing. How we manipulate the tempo of any sequence has a massive emotional impact on the audience.

Enhance Your Creative Value

Whatever you’re cutting—short, medium, or long-form films—this is a skill that truly separates the average editor from the serious professional. Directors and producers seek editors with high-level creative skills, and mastering pacing is an absolute must.

In our 90-minute Pacing Bootcamp, we’re going to take you through every single aspect of controlling tempo in an edit. We’re going to break down all the theories, showcase numerous examples, and guide you through the intricacies of pacing step by step.

What You’ll Learn

• Why do we manipulate pace? What is the emotional objective?
• The five key factors that drive pacing on any timeline and how to manipulate them effectively.
• How to build a tempo framework with any raw footage.
• The art of creative spacing. How to perfect the timing between dialogue and shots.
• How to craft slower, contemplative scenes as well as faster, high-energy sequences.
• How to create visual crescendos and diminuendos to enhance storytelling.
• How to transition from one pacing speed to another within a sequence.
• Easy-to-use pacing checklist for applying pacing techniques across genres.
• Live Q & A With Paddy after the main session.

Who is this for?

• Editors
• Assistant Editors
• Videographers
• Self Shooters
• Directors
• Producers
• Camera Operators