WSQ Video Editing
About This Course
This WSQ course equips learners with essential skills in video editing to produce impactful digital content. Targeted at marketing professionals, entrepreneurs, and ICT employees involved in content creation, the course addresses key performance gaps in video editing fundamentals, storytelling, and strategic content planning.
Participants will explore core concepts of video theory, editing standards, and storytelling techniques. They will gain hands-on experience using CapCut, a free video editing tool, to import and manage footage, apply pacing and rhythm, and produce coherent, engaging video content.
Through practical, project-based learning, learners will also develop technical proficiency in editing decisions, collaborative workflows, and quality control in video marketing. This course ensures learners can confidently produce compelling video content that drives audience engagement and supports digital marketing strategies.
By completing the course, participants will bridge the gap between technical execution and creative communication, enhancing their value in content-driven roles.
What You'll Learn
1. Describe key concepts of video theory.
2. Utilise CapCut video editing software on various devices, including demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of its features, functions, and limitations.
3. Apply relevant editing standards and guidelines to produce high-quality video con-tent.
4. Use appropriate pacing and rhythm for various video themes, including selecting suitable music to enhance video editing projects.
5. Set up sequence for video editing, arrange and import footage from multiple source files.
6. Create detailed folders for selected footage to guide the editing process.
7. Apply basic and advanced editing techniques by analysing scene requirements to determine necessary edits and effects.
8. Apply editing techniques to enhance storytelling and video quality while meeting production requirements.
9. Adopt appropriate communication skills to collaborate with production teams to resolve editing problems.
Course Outlines
• Key Concepts of Video Theory and Editing Standards
• Video Editing Software
• Pacing and Rhythm in Editing, Importing, Organising Footage, Selecting Footage for Editing
• Technical Editing Techniques
• Editing Decisions and Storytelling
• Collaboration and Problem Solving, Quality Control
Entry Requirements
Prerequisites
• WPLN Level 4
• NITEC/Higher NITEC or
• Minimum of GCE ‘O’ or equivalent.
• Basic proficiency in using digital tools and apps (e.g., video editing platforms, Microsoft Office, file management systems)