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workspace
The work space is the area in which you work in, within relevance to the media topic, it will be dependent on the software you decide to use. In this case as me and Dieter are working on adobe premiere pro we will have a layout similar to the one In the picture below. SCREEN SHOT This layout consists of the timeline in which you will place each video, the preview window where you can watch your video as a whole, the project bin where all the individual videos you have used will be saved and finally the effects panel where you an alter the videos in many ways to meet your certain desires. The work space area is very useful and allows your work to be organised so no or little complications can be experienced.
timeline window
This is where the videos you have individually used and cropped (if necessary) from the project bin are placed in line. Aside the timeline, is the project bin in which all the videos you want are stored. To get these into the timeline, you simply drag it to where you want it to go. For example, I will drag the footage of the football lesson from the project bin into the timeline just after the interview with Mrs Hampton. This can also be altered if your plans change on the layout of the video by dragging the video in front or behind another. This is useful as it doesn't permanently set and you can edit parts that you desire to keep. Within the timeline, there is tabs on the left hand side as shown in the image. SCREEN SHOT These are the different tracks you can have, videos and audio at once. This is useful as it allows more than one piece of work to be used in the same video. For example I plan to put a video of a lesson on with the audio from the lesson, and an interview as well as a backing music track. This sounds like a complicated task but as the layout of the timeline in the software is simple and efficient, it makes it easier to complete. this will happen as there is more than one track lane to allow the different pieces to go. Specifically the music i could use will go in audio track 2 and the audio from the actual clip will be in audio track 1. With this your progress can be constantly monitored and vital adjustments can be made if necessary.
Tool Box Window
This window caters you with all the main editing tools that you will need, for example it gives you access to the razor tool and the rate stretch tool which you can immediately apply to your video in the timeline window. This is productive as it makes it easier for the person to apply it to their work as all they have to do is simply select it and drag it to the correct position. This will be useful for me as i may need to tweak a few clips so that they merge together properly.
effects tab
This is where all the effect settings lie where you can add to the videos you have placed in your timeline. Every professional video created within the media industry will have been edited using this tab on there said software. These are simply dragged from the tab in between the piece of clip you wish. On the Adobe Premiere Pro software i will use, the screen shot below will show you where it can be found. Again, similar to the timeline, the effects you add to the videos can be altered and adjusted if vital errors have been made. To any software or media production this tab is the a key part and with its allowance to adjust, it makes sure you can perfect your video with better edits and not ruin all your previous work. This tab is found within the project bin along the top. This will be labeled effects and once clicked on, will come up with a number of subsections. These subsections can either be based for the audio of video editing. The audio will involve things like merging two sounds together so they don't sound sharp and cut into each other, making it sound unprofessional and poor quality. The video will have items such as transitions that you can use to make your piece flow and again not make sharp changes between each video, that make the video look unprofessional and untidy. For example, in my own work, I plan to use a transition between the videos called film dissolve that is a clean and smooth change between each clip.
audio mixer tab
This tab will allow you to edit the audio of your work in more depth compared to the minor changes that the effects tab allows. When clicked on, there will be 4 audio train lines which will link to the 4 audio tracks in the timeline in your work space. These are automatically synced so if you change one tram line in the audio mixer tab it will change in the timeline. The basic use of this is to change the volume of one piece of audio so it doesn't drown out the other pieces of audio. For example in my video i will be using both sound from the PE lessons as recorded as well as interviews. It is vital to ensure that the sound from the PE lessons doesn't drown out the interviews. If it does it will look highly unprofessional and will effect the message that needs to be put through for the video to be sucsessfull and promotional.
creating a new project
When downloaded the Adobe Premiere software, double click on the ion which should be placed on your desktop. Once loaded this will appear with a box suggesting whether you are to open up a pre existing work space or to create a new one. When the create new project is selected, a box will come up with a number of variations and settings which are all safety default. However, the video display format can be changed into being seen in minuets and seconds or frames. Also audio display format can be changed allowing it to be displayed in small audio samples or in milliseconds. This can be edited as type of camera you used and personal choice have to be considered. If a HDV video camera is used the format is more likely to be lossy compression and more high standard where as the DV video camera can be considered the opposite. As a whole, all this step in media production does is to adjust and edit formats to suit your camera type to assure you have the smoothest, professional piece of work you can. You also have the opportunity to change features such as frame rates and definitions. These will contribute ensuring you have a crisp piece of work at the end.
Editing clips
There are many different subsections to consider when it comes to editing clips. There is a tool bar between the project bin and the time line with a number of different options that can specifically edit parts of the clip and not just add proffesional effects to them. The roll and ripple tools that are offered on this tool bar are mainly intented to be used on larger projects that require a certain amount of precision when adjusting clips. Below i will go into more detail about what each offers to projects.
1) Roll Editing tool
The roll tool simply allows you to shorten one clip whilst increasing the length of another, without changing the entire length of your whole video. In other words, it ensures that the rest of the timeline is not effected and still has all its transitions and previous edits.
2) The Ripple Function
The razor tool lets you cut any part of your timeline to make one clip into two shorter ones. Once this has been applied to your work you can adjust the positioning of the smaller clips and further edit them. This can be either adding specific transitions or simply cutting the clip further.
3) The Rate Stretch Tool
The rate tool gives you the oppertunity to shorten and lengthen clips in order to fill space on timeline.A summary of this tool is simply that it allows the speed of the clip to be extreamly fast, for more upbeat videos or slow motion, which could be considered as more appropriate for more promotional or emotional based videos. If this is needed for your work, once the clip has been adjusted to the correct size, it will decrease the size of the frame rate making the clip last longer but be in slow motion.
Editing to match audio This effect would simply line the correct audio with the correct piece of footage to cause a desired effect. An example of this is if you wanted to show footage of n explosion or other loud sound, you would want to match it with a piece of audio to make excite the viewers attention, drawing them in and ensuring they keep watching. However these may be two separate shots that you decided would work together, so the collision of them both must be as accurate as possible. For our project, an example of a scene in which we would use this would be if we had a powerful encouraging music track that would play in the background whilst a key point of a PE lesson was showing. This could be when someone is kicking a football, and is zoomed in to show the intensity of the moment and the commitnment the player has to getting the ball in the net. Int the background, the music will build up slowly until the person is just about to kick it, the music will fade away, and just as they kick the ball, the music will bounce back very loud and powerfully. This would be an extreme example of where we could use this technique in our work.
Continuity
Continuity is where errors are visible after cutting or editing two clips together incorrectly. An example of how this could be seen in our project would be if in one shot someone was to hold their hands up in order for another person to throw a ball to them, and in the second shot they had there hands by their side. If these are found in a pice of work, it can effect the proffesionalism as well as the aim to promote as it will give a diverse effect. This is something i must consider and look out for when making my own video and find out how to avoid them. On the other hand, a number of continuity errors can be more hidden and less obvious to the viewer. For example, if someone in the background who is not being fully observed does two different things in two different clips, this will be less noticeable and wont have such an impact on your video.
Creating Narrative Flow
A narrative flow is someone voicing over the structure and plot of a storyline. This is commonly known to be in many films as it is a very time costly and proffesional edit to use on your work. Many choose not to use narrative flow in short clips such as the one we will be making, as they are self explanitary and queit simple. However, this is all dependant on the content of the plot or story within your piece of work. The narrative flow must be strong and clear for the viewer to continue their engagment in watching the video. However if the narrative flow is spacey and poor, the viewer will loose interest and stop watching the clip. As my clip will be only short, on average 3 minuets long, i dont plan to have a narattive flow but if i did i would consider the points ive made above to really grab the readers attention in order to preomote the PE department. The effects you use also have to be relevent to the narative flow. For examole when considering lighting, it ay not be appropriate if you had an emotion piece of narrative but a happy and cheerful light seting.
Three Point editor/Trimming clips
These tools are very handy as it allows you insert videos from your media library and cut them down to the appropriate size. Once your piece of work is imported, double click on the image and it will appear in your preview window. To cut the video to your desires, you must insert the in and out points of the video. You can do this by pressing the i button and the o button on the keyboard, which means will minimize the video to a different start and finish. This is very useful as it is a easier way to cut your film at exactly the right part, where as if you had to use the mouse you could miss it. Simply drag the clip from the preview window into your timeline once you have completed cutting it.
3 Way Colour correction
This tool allows you to change the colouring of your clips to give them more of a proffesional and highstandered apperance. This is shown through the use of three different colour wheels that represent the 3 seperate parts that it will change in your work. These are the midtones, highlights and shadows. Through having this oppertunity you have the option to keep one colour wheel set in default colour whilst the others are adjusted. This means you can keep one wheel with out it effecting the others you edit afterwards, ensuring your work is not mistakenly edited. This is a very useful tool if you wantto add a certain mood onto your piece of work. For example in my work, i would use more bright but subtle enthusicastic colours to grab the viewers attention to the key parts of the video, but slightly shadowing out the unimporant bits of the clip. Another feature this tool supplies is the ability to move all three wheels in the same direction, choosing the same colour for all your video. To do this, all you have to do is tick the master box which can be found at the side of the wheels.
Titles
Titles are the piece of text that are featured on the video to present something. The three main types of titles are roll still and crawl, in which each have there own advantages and disadvantages. A still or other wise known as static title is simply a piece of text that will appear on the video with no effect to it. The rolling title involves the text moving either up or down the screen, and is otherwise known as the credits of the video. Finally, a crawl title is the opposite of the rolling title as instead of text going down or up the screen, the text will appear from either the left or right hand side. These are the types mainly used in the media projects and are provided in almost all video editing software s. In the software premiere pro that i am using, these three titles are offered and I intend to use all of them depending on the nature of the video. For example, if in my video the interview with Mrs Hampton was serious, a rolling or crawl may not be appropriate and therefore appear gimmicky and unprofessional.
transitions
Transitions are the movement between two different pieces of footage. These are a vital part in video editing that can be used to ensure you have a professional finish to your video. To ensure that they don't make your piece look choppy and rough, you must ensure they suit the type of video you are creating and make sure they are not to gimmicky. If the shots fit comfortably with the transitions you will be sure to have a perfect video that will continue to progress well. However, there is a chance that transitions can be overused. This can be avoided by using few or simple moves so that your work is not overcrowded and has a formal sharp flow. I will use these in my own project thoroughly so i can achieve the best marks. To do these on the software Adobe premiere pro , you simply have to add two cropped and finished pieces of footage in your timeline. Once done this, go into the bin section where all the videos you have used so far will be based. You then click on the top toolbar of this box video effects. This will come up with a number of different options but the one needed for transitions will of course be labeled video transitions. This is a folder, that inside has subsections that each transition will fit into. For example i found the film dissolve transition in the dissolve subsection I will test out a large number to ensure i have the best one to suit the content of the footage. For example I have 3 very short clips of badminton that i plan to merge together with a transition named film dissolve. This is the most professional transition i have found and is commonly used in film trailers to add a desirable effect.
File Storage
Before beginning your project, it is important to consider filing all your videos and naming each according to its content. This will make it a lot easier and more time efficient to simply add these folders in your project bin when you begin to create your video due to there being less chance of confusion later on. We did a number of clips at different angles so we could name them based on that, for example we did an over head shot of the football lesson we recorded as well as other different types. It will be useful that we have them in categories as we can simply pick out which ones we want with out each lesson being all mixed up.
Importing
To actually create the video, you have to import the certain media clips you need. The way in which this is done is dependent on what software you are using. As I will be using the software, Adobe Premiere Pro there are many different ways in which you can import your media. The exact definition of importing in the sense of media, is to insert media from another places into your software. This is also varied on the file type also as in some software's you can only import in certain file formats. In the software i will be using, you simply click on file, which is in the main toolbar along the top of the work space This will then bring up your hard drive for you to choose any piece of footage you desire. Depending on the camera you used when filming your footage
Colour seperation overlay
This is otherwise known as using green screening in the background of your shot. This tool is used to allow you to place a certain background on the screen, when you aren't actually there. This is handy if you need to do last minuet shots but you cant access a certain location to film it or you just need to simply record in a setting off the internet for example that is not feasible in real life. These are commonly seen on clips such as the weather report as they have a green screen on an animated map showing weather in certain parts of the country.
overlay
Overlaying simply means to make some parts of your footage transparent. For example in relevance to my project, where i have an interview with a member if staff, I may want to show footage of a PE lesson instead of the interviewee but continuing the audio. This can be done by making the video of the interview transparent in one line whilst the PE lesson footage is put into the line above. This can be moved to indicate where the PE footage will start and where the interview will pause until the footage is over. This can all occur with the voice of the interviewee still continuing. This is a good edit to use as it breaks up and adds more flavor into long interviews so they don't become tedious. Another situation where you can use overlay, is if you have two shots with excessive bits on the video that you don't need. This is an alternative to cropping your video to only show the parts you desire. If you have a piece of footage that has a section you don't need on at the end, and on your second piece of footage you have a section you don't want at the beginning, you can overlay a repeater piece of footage to go in between them, adding more video and also removing the sections you don't want. To ensure it actually overlays, you must click the button in the bottom toolbar of the video box on the left, where the video you will drag in your timeline is. This will automatically link it straight between your two clips on your timeline so you wont need to drag it over.
compositing
Compositioning is where you layer several different clips of video over each other to make a single image. This is simply cutting an image and adding it to an alternative background. I wouldn't necessarily use this in my video, but if i was to here is an example of how i could have used it. If I had a piece of footage of an interview, and the background was in appropriate, either messy or had people in the background, i could simply cut around the interviewee and place them in a more suitable background. If i wanted the video of the interview to be running at the same time as a PE lesson, I could cut around the interviewee and place in a corner of that piece so it didn't interfere with the sport. This would be a very technical and difficult edit to make depending on your time scale and ability.
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