Summary
This was an editing project where we were given 30 minutes of raw footage and asked to turn it into a 2-3 minute video. I just focused on the basics of editing with premiere as it was new to me, cutting out bad parts, adding B roll, and making it still flow like a normal interview.
Terms and Concepts
Keyboard Shortcuts
- 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
- 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.
Collating Files and Storyboard
I just used the beginning of the video and the picked random videos from the James Clark file.
Project Skills Evidence
What I Learned
I learned the basics of premiere, and that editing is very frustrating.