Editing Workshop 1

Last Wednesday, we used Adobe Premiere Pro to edit the footage we shot two weeks ago in camera workshop 2. 

It is a good idea to constantly save to avoid loosing any progress made on editing, hence saving time. Command (⌘) S.

Footage is all the actual film one obtains after filming, e.g. a very long establishing shot. Rushes and daily’s are the same thing: raw footage that is ready to be developed, edited and implemented into the film. It is called daily’s in the US, as it used to take a full day to develop during the old era of film making (when actual film was used).

The cutting tool removes a desired section of a rush, e.g. if the actor breaks character, it will need to be cut. Additionally cutting can be useful in piecing together shots smoothly, to ensure continuity. The shortcut for the cutting tool is C.

To mark in, you need to press C, to indicate where you want to start the scene. Pressing V will ‘arrow’, marking the end of the scene.

In and out points mark the area of film you want to use. e.g. if you want to get a shot of an actor picking up a cup, it would be logical to mark the in point at the moment where she/he is about to pick up the cup, and mark the out point when he has the cup comfortably in his grasp and is no longer moving. you are trimix get footage you want in the timeline, having filmed correctly and leaving time before action and after cut.

Zoom into the timeline of the footage, e.g. being able to look at the film from seconds, to frames. This allows you to see subtle differences between cuts, so you can ensure there are no continuity errors.

The timeline is the section on bottom left of the editing screen. It lets you view the sequences of footage that you have pieced together, so you can individually edit each cut.

Overview of the four sections on Premiere Pro:

Top left: Collection of rushes. All rushes are here, and can be manipulated with in and out points.
Bottom left: Rushes viewing screen. This allows editors to see the rushes, and to better determine where the in and out points should be.
Top right: Rushes-chosen-for-editing viewing screen. Edited rushes can be viewed here, so editors can check continuity and flow of the sequence.
Bottom right: This is where rushes can be directly edited, e.g. removing of sound, cutting, splicing two videos together, or checking continuity of the sequence.

Pressing Command (⌘) Z, will undo any unwanted changes to the edited rushes (which will be very handy)

Below is a video with editing tricks and tips: