A hands-on editing masterclass

Learn it like you're on set.

24 lessons taught from real timelines — no slides, no theory dumps. You cut the same footage I do, scene by scene, and finish with a reel you'd actually show.

11,408 students 4.9/5 · 2,140 reviews by Nadia Okafor
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Lesson 1 — Where to make the first cut

22:08 · downloadable footage included
The curriculum · 4 modules · 24 lessons

Everything you'll cut, in order

Four modules, start to finish. The first four lessons are free — the rest unlock when you enroll. Every lesson ships with the exact footage and project file.

Module 01 · The foundation
Reading a scene before you touch it
6 lessons · 1h 48m · 2 free
01Where to make the first cut22:08
02Reading a scene before you touch it17:44
03Organizing footage you'll actually find14:02
04Selects, stringouts & the assembly19:31
Module 02 · The cut
Pacing, motion & the invisible edit
7 lessons · 2h 39m · 1 free
07Pacing a dialogue scene28:31
09Cutting on motion21:12
12The montage that doesn't drag33:05
Module 03 · The look & the sound
Grading for mood, mixing for emotion
6 lessons · 2h 11m · 1 free
14Color, in plain language19:50
16Grading for mood, not look25:48
20Mixing dialogue, music & room tone30:17
Module 04 · Finishing
Delivery, the reel & the business
5 lessons · 2h 34m
24Finishing & delivery, end to end38:02
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Nadia Okafor

Nadia has cut feature docs, two festival shorts, and more brand films than she'll admit. She taught herself in a spare room and has spent the last decade making the thing she wishes existed back then — a course where you do the work, not watch someone describe it.

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