Lean Filmmaking: Turn Your Vision into a Short Film
Editing, VFX, and Grading
A course by Iliès Terki , Film Director
About the video: Editing, VFX, and Grading
Overview
“Video editing is a tremendous skill set for every filmmaker, as it will inform many of your decisions during production. Nowadays, editing is less about technical skills and more about creating meaning and understanding rhythm and musicality.”
In this video lesson Iliès Terki addresses the topic: Editing, VFX, and Grading, which is part of the Domestika online course: Lean Filmmaking: Turn Your Vision into a Short Film. Learn how to write, shoot, and post-produce a meaningful short film using minimum resources.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Editing, VFX, and Grading Editing is my favorite part. This is the moment you harvest all the labor, all the hard work. If you did your work well, if you prepared your project carefully, it should be fine. I usually edit right after the shooting, when it's possible, the next day because my ideas are still fresh so I can apply them quickly. Also, I can remember the takes. If you leave this a little bit too long, then you might forget. Some directors do it differently because they need some time to rest and let it sink, but then you have to take on-set notes. I'll come to that later. I advi...”
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Course summary for: Lean Filmmaking: Turn Your Vision into a Short Film
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Category
Photography & Video -
Software
DaVinci Resolve -
Areas
Audiovisual Production, Film, Filmmaking, Script, Video

Iliès Terki
A course by Iliès Terki
Iliès Terki is an Algerian-born film director based in Hamburg, and the founder of his own creative studio, which specializes in short-form fiction. He started his career as a cover designer in the music industry before going on to study communications and visual arts in Madrid and Paris. He later studied art direction in Hamburg and New York, and went on to work in an advertising agency, where he was introduced to high-end filmmaking and realized it was what he wanted to pursue. Iliès began experimenting with filmmaking in his spare time and, in 2015, quit his job to launch his career in the art form.
Since then, Iliès has established his own studio, Idle Films, which has produced a series of 52 fiction stories and small vignettes. He has also worked with brands including adidas, BMW, Renault, Netflix Germany, UNICEF, Penguin Random House, and Haribo.
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