Thursday, 22 January 2009
Summary
To finish off this assignment I think that it went very well with the recording all of the camera angles were set up right using the tripod for balance so that the camera didn’t move whilst filming and the shots used (e.g. the close up) added to the effect of the detective being a mysterious person, if I was going to do this project again I may have chosen a different way to portray the detective, for example instead of sneaking around with a paper I could have been hiding in the shadows which may have given a better depiction of a mysterious person, but for this assignment the aim was to record as much of him as possible as it was only a short film, but overall I think that this assignment has gone well and all of the decisions that were made to begin with were the right ones.
Finalising the Video
To finalise the overall video I simply made sure that the audio sounded right and that everything transitioned well with each other and worked properly, when I had made sure that this was the case I then went onto export it as a media file.
For this there are several different options and codec’s to choose from, for the assignment there were a couple that I needed to use
Although .avi was the best option to choose for the PAL version it was rather a large file-size at 445,337kb whereas the .mp4 version was only 5,100kb so there is a lot of difference in the uncompressed and the compressed footage.
For this there are several different options and codec’s to choose from, for the assignment there were a couple that I needed to use
- For the actual 10 Second Film Festival I needed to use an MPEG-4 codec with a 25fps rate which is the standard for most videos, this was so that it could be used for the website, so therefore bearing this in mind I saved it as H.264 as this was the most relevant one.
- For the assignment I needed to save it as uncompressed PAL and a compressed file, so for these two options I chose .avi and .mp4 as these two were the most relevant to the options that I needed
Although .avi was the best option to choose for the PAL version it was rather a large file-size at 445,337kb whereas the .mp4 version was only 5,100kb so there is a lot of difference in the uncompressed and the compressed footage.
Adding Audio
For the audio of the piece I wanted some detective style music, so I searched on the internet for some Royalty Free Stock Music this is because this music isn’t copyrighted so can be used in videos, unlike some mainstream audio, I then found a website called estockmusic.com which is where I searched for the keyword ‘detective’ which gave me the exact sort of audio I was looking for, I therefore downloaded the song and added it to my project.
I then dragged and dropped the audio into the timeline in the same way that I did with the video clips and clipped it so that I had the right length audio for my video clip.
The next thing I had to do was to mute the audio that had been recorded with the film clips, however this was an easy process as Premiere had already split the video and audio up and placed them in two separate places, therefore it was just a case of muting it by pressing the little speaker icon next to the two audio clips.
To finalise the audio I added a fade in and a fade out to it so that the transition from start to finish is smooth and therefore the music slowly goes quiet instead of just cutting off.
I then dragged and dropped the audio into the timeline in the same way that I did with the video clips and clipped it so that I had the right length audio for my video clip.
The next thing I had to do was to mute the audio that had been recorded with the film clips, however this was an easy process as Premiere had already split the video and audio up and placed them in two separate places, therefore it was just a case of muting it by pressing the little speaker icon next to the two audio clips.
To finalise the audio I added a fade in and a fade out to it so that the transition from start to finish is smooth and therefore the music slowly goes quiet instead of just cutting off.
Adding Split-Screen
The Key to adding split screen to your video is by using Video Layers this is where two video clips are played at the same time but can be manipulated differently, to get the split screen effect first I added both of the clips to different layers and clipped them to the lengths that I wanted them to be.
With this done I selected the clip in video 2 which is the one I wanted to appear over the top of the first clip and then in the source window I clicked Effect Controls and then next to the motion option I clicked the little box (highlighted below) which allowed me to move the clip around the window to the position where I wanted it (also shown below)
With the clip in place I needed to trim the left edge so it wasn’t covering up the other clip, to do this I went into video effects and chose the crop option and then dragged and dropped in onto the clip in video 2 which allowed me to crop the left edge of the video out as to reveal the primary clip below it (shown below)
This therefore completed the split screening process, all I did next was add a transition to the start and end to make the entrance and exit of the clip less obtrusive.
With this done I selected the clip in video 2 which is the one I wanted to appear over the top of the first clip and then in the source window I clicked Effect Controls and then next to the motion option I clicked the little box (highlighted below) which allowed me to move the clip around the window to the position where I wanted it (also shown below)
With the clip in place I needed to trim the left edge so it wasn’t covering up the other clip, to do this I went into video effects and chose the crop option and then dragged and dropped in onto the clip in video 2 which allowed me to crop the left edge of the video out as to reveal the primary clip below it (shown below)
This therefore completed the split screening process, all I did next was add a transition to the start and end to make the entrance and exit of the clip less obtrusive.
Adding the Title and Credits
The first title screen shows the name of the short clip, this is added simply by clicking Title > New Title > Default Still
When this is clicked it brings up a menu with different text options and other options so you can add what you want to your title and end credits.
This offers quite a bit of flexibility and is very useful for your title and for the end credits where the same method is used.
When this is clicked it brings up a menu with different text options and other options so you can add what you want to your title and end credits.
This offers quite a bit of flexibility and is very useful for your title and for the end credits where the same method is used.
Using Transitions
Transitions allow for you to go from one clip into another clip smoothly, there are many different available transitions that each offer a different way to get to the next clip, the most effective however in this video was the additive dissolve which dissolves the previous scene away letting the next clip appear below it, to add the additive dissolve to a clip simply drag and drop it from its folder in between the two clips you want to transition between as shown below:
Clipping the Clips in Premiere
To clip the clips in Premiere is a very easy task as it is simply one click and drag of the mouse, when you have a video clip in your timeline you can clip the length of it down by clicking and dragging the arrow as shown below:
This is easy to use and does the job quickly and effectively without any hassle, also if you set the red timeline to a specific place on the sequence then you can clip a video clip or audio track to the exact location of the line which is useful if you have a time limit like I do in this assignment.
This is easy to use and does the job quickly and effectively without any hassle, also if you set the red timeline to a specific place on the sequence then you can clip a video clip or audio track to the exact location of the line which is useful if you have a time limit like I do in this assignment.
Importing the Clips
To import the clips into Premiere was a relatively easy and pain free task, first of all you have to connect the camera to the computer via the USB cable whilst the camera is in playback mode and then you go to File > Capture
With this selected it will open a menu window with different options for how you want to capture the video, including what name you want the clip to have, what time code etc…
From here you play the video back on the camcorder and when you want something recording you press the record button located at the bottom of the above window, and to stop recording you press the stop button, when this is done it saves the recorded clip as whatever name you put it as, and then this is imported into your source window where you can add it to your timeline and continue to edit it.
With this selected it will open a menu window with different options for how you want to capture the video, including what name you want the clip to have, what time code etc…
From here you play the video back on the camcorder and when you want something recording you press the record button located at the bottom of the above window, and to stop recording you press the stop button, when this is done it saves the recorded clip as whatever name you put it as, and then this is imported into your source window where you can add it to your timeline and continue to edit it.
Research
The first thing to do was to start to research the idea behind what I was going to do for my 10 second film, I looked at some of the 10 second films on the website and got some inspiration from them, I thought that being as though it was so short I would go for the mystery approach, e.g. A detective.
To get a better picture of what I wanted to include in my video I drew a storyboard of what was going to be recorded and how long each clip would last, this gave me a better idea of what camera positions I needed and what shots I was going to use.
I then proceeded to record my film taking several different takes and testing out the different shot types and camera angles to see what gave me the best outcome, with the clips recorded I then imported them into Premiere where I could start the post-production of the clips.
To get a better picture of what I wanted to include in my video I drew a storyboard of what was going to be recorded and how long each clip would last, this gave me a better idea of what camera positions I needed and what shots I was going to use.
I then proceeded to record my film taking several different takes and testing out the different shot types and camera angles to see what gave me the best outcome, with the clips recorded I then imported them into Premiere where I could start the post-production of the clips.
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