Student Samples
Fall 2017
Spring 2017
- Jenna (no blog post)
- Abby (with full blog post)
- Emily (with full blog post)
- Shannon
- Sam
- Chloe
- Finn
- Morgan
- Sam S.
- Claire
- Sam D.
- Jacob F.
- Ivan
- Judy
- Mitchell
- Sam R.
Assets
- The assets for this project are in our class folder on Newton Server in a folder titled James W. Clark Interview Assets
- Interview Questions (txt)
- Some Online Assets
- Web Site: jameswclark.wixsite.com/clark
- IMDB: imdb.com/name/nm5737955/
- MUSIC VIDEOS:
- Last Goodbye: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAP9WhBEuKc
- White Knuckles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBwWYC8d1n0
- Anything Helps: https://vimeo.com/117068431
- REELS:
- 2016: comedy sizzle reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ30zTwMZhc
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2015: Combat Report Clip: https://vimeo.com/152792329
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2015: Acting Reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkae6dgY3wU
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2015: Acting Reel (alternative) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMDuTsRLTeI
Goal
- Learn shortcuts to effective editing workflow
- Edit for the intended audience of students ages 14 to 18
- Must be age appropriate; no swearing or drugs or alcohol reference may be included
- Must be less than 3 minutes
- Include at least 3 cutaways to other James Clark work
Tutorials
Making the Right Editing Choices with Walter Murch
Terms and Concepts
Overall Editing Skills
(showcase many of these skills in your editing choices and explain where you performed these in the What I Learned section of the blog post)
- Organize Files
- Import Footage
- Create a Sequence
- Add a Title
- Add Audio
- Adjust Sound Quality
- Align Audio Clips
- Separate Audio from Video
- Make Color Adjustments
- Change Specific Color
- Match Color
- Apply Visual Transition
- Apply Audio Transition
- Customize Transitions
- Apply Effects
- Apply Filters
- Export File Sizes and Types
- Export to YouTube
Keyboard Shortcuts
(use these to edit faster)
- V – Selection tool
- Q – Cuts everything to the left
- W – Cuts everything to the right
- Cmd, K – Makes a cut
- \ – Shows the entire timeline
- Home – Moves cursor to the beginning of the timeline
- I – In-point
- O – Out-point
- ; – Lift (leaves a gap)
- ‘ – Extract (fills the gap)
- B – Ripple edit tool
- Up Arrow – Moves cursor to the left edit
- Down Arrow – Moves cursor to the right edit
- Left Arrow – Moves cursor to the previous frame
- Right Arrow – Moves cursor to the next frame
- Cmd, Shift, D – Crossfade
- Number Pad – Moves cursor to a specific location on the timeline
- A – Selects all tracks forward
- . – Drops a clip into the timeline
- Opt, X – Clears all in-points and out-points
Techniques / Tools You Should Be Comfortable after Project
- Cross Fade: Smooths out jolts between clips.
- Three-Point Editing: Add one in-point and one out-point on the timeline, and one in-point on the individual clip. Or add one in-point on the timeline, and one in-point and one out-point on the timeline. Then simply drop the clip into the timeline.
- Morph Cut: Helps fix jump cuts. To use it, go to Effects and search for “morph.” Drag and drop the Morph Cut onto an edit. After it finishes analyzing, render it by clicking Enter.
- Adjusting Audio Levels:
- To adjust the levels of all the audio, select all the audio clips, right-click, choose Audio Gain, and adjust.
- To create keyframes, hold down Cmd and click on the audio level bar. Use these keyframes to adjust the audio levels of just a specific section.
- Color Grading: Select a clip, go to the Color layout, and make adjustments. To apply this color grading to several other clips, select the main clip, go to Effect Controls, click on Lumetri Color, and copy it. Then select all the clips that need the filter and hit paste.
- Razor Blade Tool: Used to cut out a section of a clip.
Editing Tutorials
- Adobe Premiere Tutorials (Beginning and Advanced)
- All tutorials are linked below in the time line and resources sections
Products
- Blog posts with embedded video from YouTube of the various editing techniques demonstrated and explained
Examples
- Coming soon…
Steps
- Create blog post titled, Editing an Interview
- Create headings for:
- Summary
- Terms and Concepts
- Collating Files and Storyboard
- Project Skills Evidence
- What I Learned
- Create headings for:
- Explore the editing worksheets
- Examine the Adobe Premiere Tutorials (Beginning and Advanced)
- Watch the Learn five editing basics in Premiere Pro
- Import footage
- Create a sequence
- Add a title
- Add and adjust audio
- Export to YouTube
- Watch the Learn five editing basics in Premiere Pro
- Watch and take notes on Editing Documentaries and Interviews with Premiere Pro Part 1
- Review the list of questions which are in the Assets section this blog post, above
- Pick 3 questions to include in the edited version
- Watch the A Roll of Jame Clark, about 30 minutes and take notes of which 3 answers you like most
- Watch the B Roll film clips, and take notes of which clips would help you tell James’ story
- Establish a theme for your video edit
- EXAMPLE: Inspiring Words to a Creator
- Write your theme in your Summary
- Organize (or Collate) the clips you want and create evidence of your organization in a screenshot uploaded to Flickr and embed into your post
- Create the editing log for the project, upload to Flickr, and embed in post or create one in your blog post like the tutorial below demonstrates
- Decide on titles, font(s), and transitions you will want on screen
- Edit shots in Adobe Premiere Pro CC
- Export film in the highest resolution possible (1080), upload to YouTube, and embed in blog post
- Complete Summary section of the blog post
- Complete What I Learned section of the blog post
Tools
- Paper storyboards/notes
- Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Editing Tools Resources
- Adobe Premiere Pro CC (Mac and PC)
- See what’s possible with Premiere Pro
- Adobe Premiere Tutorials (Beginning and Advanced)
- Learn five editing basics in Premiere Pro
- Import footage
- Create a sequence
- Add a title
- Add and adjust audio
- Export to YouTube
- Learn five editing basics in Premiere Pro
- Working with big media and organizing files
- Work offline using proxy media
- Try basic video editing techniques
- Download the files
- Watch all the videos
- Create your own version
- Mask and Track: Blur a face as it moves throughout a clip
- Use Live Text templates from After Effects in Premiere Pro
- More Tutorials
- Audio
- Color
- Transitions – Apply transition effects to video and audio
- Dissolve
- 3D Motion
- Iris
- Wipe
- Slide
- Zoom
- Audio transition
- Effects
- Enhance your project with video effects
- Create smoother slow-motion effects
- Masking and Tracking: Blur a face as it moves throughout a clip
- Adobe After Effects: RocketJump face-swap
- Adobe After Effects: Work seamlessly with After Effects
- Adobe After Effects: Animate a logo for video
- Adobe After Effects: Use Live Text templates from After Effects in Premiere Pro
- Split Composition Time Remapping Demo by Ben Gill, Oxenfree Design
- Text, Captions, and Subtitles
- Create and customize subtitles
- Adobe After Effects: Use Live Text templates from After Effects in Premiere Pro
- Exporting, File Sizes, and Types
- Fixes
- Stabilize shaky footage
- Changing a sequence to match a clip (If your clips were filmed at different resolutions)
Feedback Form
- Editing an Interview (PDF)
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