《影像剪辑》是传播学专业的一门重要的专业基础课。本课程力求在理论与实践相结合的基础上，探讨影视剪辑的基本规律和基本手法。设置本课程的目的，是为了使学生能够牢固掌握影像剪辑的原理、方法和技巧，能够对某一影视片进行分析；能够将所学理论知识合理运用于影视片剪辑中，根据具体情况剪辑出富有特色的视频作品。

Video Editing is an important basic professional course for students of Communication Study. This course explores the basic rules and skills of video editing on the basis of editing theory and practice. Through the study of this course, students should grasp the theories, methods and skills of video editing, and the analysis of the editing of a typical movie or a TV program. Students should use the theories and skills in the video editing properly, and then produce professional video works.