In todays lesson, we were shown the basics of Adobe's Premiere Pro. A piece of software that allows you to cut and edit clips. The software allows for clips from different footage bins to be cut, retimed and much more. Premiere Pro consists mainly of four windows.
This is the time line and it allows you to layer footage and is where most of the editing happens in Pr (Premier Pro). You can layer multiple shots and scenes on top of each other and Pr will always show the clip that is on the top. Bellow the video tracks are the audio tracks, this is where you can add music and sound effects (SFX) to your piece. This is useful when you need to sync audio to film, because there are several auto locking features that allow for easy editing.
This is the Composting window, and it allows you to see your footage in real time. This is Great because is allows you to really see what each shot looks like and fine tune the smaller things lie colour etc, The Compositing window always shows whatever footage the view pin in hovering over. The great benefit to the Composting window being real time is that there is no lag so when you make each cut you can see exactly where in the footage you are.
This is the Effect Panel, and it allows the user to really start to edit the footage that he has. You can adjust, position and scale. Rotation, Anchor points, opacity and timing. It is here where the real post production occurs and you can start to really fine tune the footage, you can do minor colour correction and also add filters and other cool stuff. Also this panel is where you will find the basic audio tools etc.
This is the Media Browser is where you will find all of the footage and files that you should have stored on your computer. It is great because if you have all of your footage stored in one folder you can see all of your footage ready for editing. Even pictures and audio files show up in the Media Browser. Also in the media browser you can search for clips and images for your production. It is here also that you create bins for your footage.
All the Panels come together to make this...
Which can seem pretty daunting, But it really is quite simple once you break it all down. And this format and setting out of panels is really the industry standard. If you look at a competitors software, Final Cut Pro ( by Apple ) It looks very similar...
This shows us that this set up is very well used and is designed for great workflow. Which brings me on to the basics of editing. The best editors in the industry are invisible. The art of editing is to try and present the story to the audience without seeing any cuts. This is a true are form, and arguably more important than any other position in the film industry .
Because when it comes down to it directors usually shoot hours of footage for one second of screen time, and it is up to the editor to decide along with the director which 24 frames they are going to use for that one second of screen time. Is the editor more important than the director in this scenario? Food for thought.
Created By Henry Russell
Edited By Henry Russell
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23rd September 2015
Hurtwood House
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