Upcoming Dates      

• Nov 21 - 22, 2026 (In Person or Online)

• Dec 19 - 20, 2026 (In Person or Online)

• Jan 16 - 17, 2027 (In Person or Online)

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Basic Fundamentals of CINEMA 4D

LEarn the fundamentals of Cinema 4d - $1,095

[TWO -DAY INTENSIVE, 10am-6pm]

Easy to use and extremely powerful, Cinema 4D is a leading software in 3D animation and modeling used in film, television and video game creation and design.  By learning to work with basic primitives, polygons, splines, textures, lights, cameras and dynamic animation, users can advance their production work into a full 3D modeling interface.  Because of its seamless integration with After Effects, VFX artists now have a full 3D modeling application at their fingertips, through the Cineware pipeline.

Through our two-day course, students will learn the fundamentals of Cinema 4D and appreciate how user-friendly and fun it is to create realistic 3D images and objects. Though Cinema 4D is a robust program, this class will give you a solid foundation to create actual 3D geometry and teach you how to use it in profession projects. Through a series of in-class demonstrations, supervised activities and open play, students will learn not only how to navigate through the program but how to push the limit of their creative visions into rendered 3D scenes.

Each student gets their own workstation.  

Who this class is for:

The course is structured for VFX artists and editors who want to get an introduction into 3D object and models in their video work. 

Prerequisites:

Students should have a basic understanding a video editing and visual effects and some familiarity with Adobe After Effects will definitely be helpful.

By the end of this class students will:

• Understand the basics of navigating Cinema 4D and manipulating primitive objects

• Work with splines and generators to create complex geometry

• Modeling and deforming objects based on reference images

• Working with textures and lights to create realistic models

• Animating 3D scenes with keyframes and cameras

• Setting up 3D workflow from preferences to render settings

• Compositing models into video scenes and adding visual FX.

The VFX Editor job responsibilities are dependent whether he is hired on "client side" (i.e. working with production and the director of a project) or on "vendor side" (i.e working in a visual effects facility).

Interested in seeing what Cinema 4D can do?  Click here to for a free trial version for 42 days!

Upcoming Dates      

• Weekend One: Nov 14 & 15, 2026 & Weekend Two: Nov 21 & 22, 2026

BE BETTER THAN AI | Craft Uncompromising Commercials & Social Campaigns

Social Media & Commercial Editing Essentials Workshop - $1,500

[FOUR-DAY INTENSIVE, 10am - 7pm, two consecutive weekends]

“Alan is a super-experienced editor and an amazing instructor. Taking his class made me realize how little I know about editing — it’s a good feeling! The workshop is hands-on and incredibly personalized. And you’ll never be able to find the things he’s teaching on YouTube or anywhere else.” - Alicia, Editor

Working in Adobe Premiere Pro, you will learn to master cinematic psychological and structural principles, multi-format workflows, sound design, and visual refinement without sacrificing your personal signature. In an era increasingly dominated by AI-generated content, standing out from the generic noise is no longer just a creative goal. It is a career necessity. Taste and the unshakeable belief in your own artistic framework are key. Even prompted footage sent by a client needs an editor’s eye, expertise, and care.

This intensive, hands-on workshop provides the tools and mindset to cultivate narrative craft, distinct visual authority, and creative confidence. You can be better than AI.

Over two weekends, participants learn to find their own line: the editing choices and instincts that make their work recognizably theirs, and how to hold that line under pressure. The focus is social media content and the psychology behind what makes an edit feel special, engaging, and memorable.

You will learn to plan a cut in your head before you touch the keyboard, a lost discipline that no AI shortcut can replace. You will then edit and finalize a professional, multi-platform social media campaign, leaving with a portfolio-ready body of work that no algorithm can replicate.

There will also be a Zoom Q&A session during the week between weekend class dates on Wednesday at 9 pm to discuss the progress of the homework.

Key Outcomes:

• High-speed setup and creative editing workflows using Adobe Premiere Pro: project organization, color grading essentials, graphic design/text integration, and audio mixing• Understanding of the psychological and structural principles behind memorable content. Audience targeting, format-specific editing strategies, and export standards

• Publishing strategy: release planning, metadata, hashtags, cross-device testing

• Development of a bold, uncompromising personal aesthetic and voice (Taste), and the conviction to hold it

• Advanced mastery of narrative construction, emotional pacing, and cutdown strategies

• End-to-end campaign creation across multiple formats (16:9, 9:16, 1:1) tailored for platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube

• Strategic use of AI tools for VO, music, and asset generation, as creative enhancers rather than creative replacements

• Walk away with a ready-to-pitch 30“ commercial and a multi-format social campaign for your portfolio. Ready to get booked in the industry

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, or equivalent editing experience.

Instructor: Alan Rexroth | Senior Editor & Creative Director for brands like Mercedes, Sony, Nissan, Red Bull | https://whitehousepost.com/editors/alan-rexroth/reel/

Course Outline:

Weekend 1:

Day 1: Creative Vision & High-End Workflow

• Welcome, workshop framework, participant goals

• Outsmart AI & Narrative Supremacy: Analyzing iconic commercials across decades; what separates generic cuts from timeless visual storytelling?

• The Power of Taste and Psychology: Psychological tricks, emotional arcs, and the strategic use of music and Voiceover to command attention

• Production & Technical Setup: Insights into high-budget workflows, efficient project organization, footage management, and media handling in Premiere Pro

• Brief Adobe Premiere Pro refresher and interface review

• Participant Reel Analysis: Review and feedback session on participants' existing work to identify and sharpen individual styles. Setting the tasks for the upcoming days

• Efficient project setup and footage organization. Import and review footage

Day 2: Scripting, Pacing & Crafting

• Know your audience: Discuss various storytelling techniques and the power of a well-written Voiceover. Script and prompt an impactful VO

• Know your platform: Editing considerations for main formats and cutdowns. Select and source music. Plan Artwork creation and handling, text animation

• Find your line: Develop a personal editing voice and the discipline to keep it

• Create and structure a proper footage selection

• Start crafting the Edit: Hands-on editing session focusing on pacing, rhythm, transitions, keyframing, and visual impact

Weekend 2:

Day 3: Platform Strategy, AI Integration and Edit

• Content Design for Modern Platforms: Adapt your structure for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and short-form video without losing visual integrity

• Sequence planning, shot lists, and establishing a distinct brand identity across formats

• Visual Enrichment: Typography, animated text, graphics, color grading, and creating multi-aspect ratio cutdowns. Generating assets, subtitles, graphics, and background elements

• Multi-Format handling: Setting up timelines for 16:9, 9:16, and 1:1, footage organization, and asset design for immediate audience hook

• Edit your content campaign 01: Transform longer formats into short formats and different framings

Day 4: Campaign Editing, Multi-Device Testing & Delivery

• Edit your own content campaign 02: Final editing session; finalize the cuts into dynamic short-form assets

• Color & Audio polish: Applying LUTs, look development, visual/sound effects, and professional audio mixing

• Quality & Multi-Device Testing: Review edits on various devices (phone, laptop, monitors) and fine-tuning visual/audio balance

• Finalizing the Content: Export standards, group review, feedback, and refining the commercial edit for impact

• Create a strategic content release and publication plan. Budget and resource allocation tips

• Final Presentation & Publishing Strategy: Strategic release planning, metadata, hashtags, group analysis of completed campaigns, Q&A, and wrap-up

Upcoming Dates

• COMING SOON!

Class runs evenings from 7:00pm - 9:30pm

Please let us know if you are interested in taking this class online in the comments section.

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Making the Cut 

Master EDITORS SEMINAR Workshop - $599

[EVENING INTENSIVE, Tuesday & Thursday for two weeks from 7:00pm - 9:30pm]

The purpose of this course is to reveal the art and technique of master editors through the screening and discussion of their work.   By doing a cut-by-cut analysis, Bobbie will explain the strategies and decisions behind the editing of many successful films - based on extensive interviews from her books, panels, and event series - which will ultimately empower you to become a better editor, filmmaker, and storyteller. 

Schedule:

• CLASS ONE - FROM DAILIES TO FINAL CUT: Revolutionary use of camera, editing, and music. Film - The Graduate.

• CLASS TWO -  DIALOGUE: Subtext, eyelines, and breaking rules. Films - 12 Angry Men, Chinatown, Gosford Park, Moulin Rouge, Moneyball, Arrival, I Tonya, and Widows.

• CLASS THREE - BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS: Setting up a world and the payoff. Films – A Hard Day’s Night,  Bonnie & Clyde,  Annie Hall, The Big Chill, Michael Clayton, and Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens.

• CLASS FOUR - SEX and SUSPENSE: The build up and point of view. Films - Rear Window, Rosemary’s Baby, Body Heat, Silence of the Lambs, Out of Sight, Black Swan, and Blade Runner 2049.

Special Guest Editor TBD!  Past guest editors include Michael Berenbaum, ACE (Sex and the City, The Americans), Carol Littleton, ACE (E.T, The Big Chill, Body Heat), Stephen Rotter (The Right Stuff, Enchanted), and Craig McKay, ACE (Philadelphia, Silence of the Lambs). Guest editors will visit one of our classes during the workshop.

Who should attend? Editors, Assistant Editors, Post Supervisors, Directors, Producers, and Filmmakers.

This class runs Tuesday & Thursday for two weeks from 7:00pm - 9:30pm.

Read more about Bobbie O'Steen Here.