Film Editing Course and Classes in Gomti Nagar, Lucknow
The editor is the last writer of a film: the one who decides what the audience sees and feels.
- 90 days
- Gomti Nagar, Lucknow
- ₹50,000
What this course teaches that most courses don't
DaVinci Resolve, from scratch to DI
The same software feature films are edited and graded on.
Multicam sync
Joining four or five cameras by their sound and cutting them on one timeline.
Colour grading and DI
Waveform and vectorscope, nodes, skin tones and a filmic look.
The rhythm of the cut
Where to cut and where to hold in comedy and drama; J-cuts, L-cuts and match cuts.
Clean sound
Cleaning dialogue in Fairlight, placing music, and loudness for each platform.
Reels and Shorts
Editing in 9:16, holding the first three seconds, captions and thumbnails.
The 90-day curriculum
Month 1Shared by all three courses
Shared foundation: in front of the camera
Every film craft is expression. An actor expresses with body and voice, a director draws it out of others, and an editor shapes it for the audience. So in the first month students of all three courses learn the camera together, through an actor's eyes.
- Observation, Emotion, Expression: the three steps of acting
- The four pillars of Yogesh CineAct: Believing, Respect, Seriousness, Enjoying
- The Observation System: Live, Imaginary, Micro, Nano and Combination Observation
- Foundations of the Natyashastra, the nine rasas and sattvika bhava
- Body, breath, voice and diction
- Camera look and camera language: scaling a performance to the shot size
- Improvisation: building scenes without a script
- Shooting on a phone and starting your own channel
Month 2Only in this course
Depth in your course
From the second month the three courses separate. Each student trains in detail, and technically, in the course they joined.
- DaVinci Resolve basics
- Project and media management, proxies, the timeline; ripple, roll, slip and slide trims.
- The grammar of editing
- Continuity, cutting on action, match cuts, reaction shots and the Kuleshov effect.
- Multicam
- Syncing by audio waveform, multicam clips and cutting between angles.
- Rhythm and story
- Comic timing, dramatic pauses, and tightening a story by reordering scenes.
- Sound
- Dialogue cleanup, noise removal, music, foley and loudness standards.
- Colour and DI
- Correction versus grading, nodes, scopes, LUTs and log footage.
- A look at Fusion
- Titles, tracking and small VFX.
- Delivery
- Exports for YouTube, Instagram and OTT, 16:9 and 9:16, subtitles.
Month 3Only in this course
On a real set
The third month belongs to the set, not the classroom. Every student works on real PICHCHRAPA shoots and leaves with a portfolio.
- Editing, grading and publishing real PICHCHRAPA episodes
- An editing portfolio of published work
- Regular editing for your own channel
With every course
Special for YouTube and Instagram: make your own channel
Many artists today don't wait for a film; they build their own stage. So every student, in all three courses, launches and runs a channel within the 90 days.
Acting for YouTube and Instagram
Being natural in front of a phone camera, speaking and playing characters.
Your channel's identity
Deciding the character, subject or show you'll bring.
Shooting on a phone
Light, sound and framing: clean video without expensive gear.
The first three seconds
Hooks, titles and thumbnails: the craft of making a viewer stop.
Reels, Shorts and long videos
Story and editing for both formats.
Consistency and analytics
A publishing calendar, and learning from the numbers.
A case in point: every actor in the comedy series Gapistaan (Gen Gap) trained at this academy, and the series is shot using the same method.
Who this course is for
- Anyone who wants to be a film or web-series editor or colourist
- Anyone who wants to freelance for YouTubers and brands
- Anyone who wants to edit their own videos to a professional standard
What you leave with
- A portfolio of published episodes
- Full command of DaVinci Resolve
- Ready to start freelancing
- A channel of your own
Where it leads
- Editor or assistant on films and web series
- Colourist (DI)
- Freelance for YouTubers and brands
- Your own channel
What comes after the course
90days
The courseClasses, live shoots and a channel of your own.10selected students
A 3-month internshipAfter the course, ten selected students from each batch intern at PICHCHRAPA production house, with travel allowance.6months on
Job opportunitiesWe also offer job opportunities to our best students, at our production house PICHCHRAPA or elsewhere in the industry, as actors, directors or editors.
Internships and job opportunities depend on the student's performance, selection and the projects available at the time. They are not a guarantee of employment or income.
People who have seen the academy
Artists and officials from the film world who visited the academy, in their own words. Click any video to hear the full byte with sound.
Fees and admission
- Apply onlineChoose a course, fill in the form and register, or simply call us.
- Selection auditionA short audition and conversation at the academy. Scholarships are decided here.
- EnrolmentPay the fee at once or in two instalments to confirm your seat.
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Fee for each course
₹50,000
90 days of training, live projects and a certificate
- In two instalments
- ₹27,500 + ₹27,500 (₹55,000 in total)
- Merit scholarship
- Up to 20%, based on the selection audition
- Eligibility
- 16 and above, from any background; no degree required