Course Info

POST 406: Editing Styles and Techniques

This course is designed for editors looking for innovative ways to tell stories, by exploring how editing techniques have been pushed by artists working in the margins. Cutting edge editing techniques are a co-opting of historical and experimental styles, repackaged and used in a narrative context. A series of practical exercises and a freeform final project using found footage allow editors to explore the array of editing techniques adopted from experimental work while discovering their personal style as editors and storytellers. Editors will consider how form affects content and will reinvent techniques in ways to surprise modern audiences.

FILM 401 or FILM 410 is a prerequisite for this class.

Fall 2025-2026

  • Section: 701
  • Class number: 13038
  • Meeting time: W 5:45PM - 9:00PM
  • Location: DPAUL C106C at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: Aaron Owen | View syllabus

Spring 2024-2025

  • Section: 901
  • Class number: 33241
  • Meeting time: W 5:45PM - 9:00PM
  • Location: 14EAS 00513 at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: Melissa Lawrenz | View syllabus

Winter 2024-2025

Fall 2024-2025

Spring 2023-2024

Winter 2023-2024

  • Section: 801
  • Class number: 25226
  • Meeting time: M 5:45PM - 9:00PM
  • Location: DPAUL C106C at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: Melissa Lawrenz | View syllabus

Fall 2023-2024

  • Section: 701
  • Class number: 13143
  • Meeting time: W 5:45PM - 9:00PM
  • Location: DPAUL C106C at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: Shayna Connelly | View syllabus

Spring 2022-2023

Winter 2022-2023

Fall 2022-2023

Fall 2021-2022