Editing Workshop

Editing Workshop

Today our media class participated in an editing workshop where we were taught the fundamentals of editing and some useful industry terms:

For the camera footage that we used to practice editing on was from our previous camera workshop where we filmed a brief sequence, we did this on the editing software adobe premiere pro which is capable of being used by all sorts of people from amutur youtubers to collosal feature films such as Deadpool. Within the editing software there are 4 different windows; 

• The bin which keeps the footage,rush and dailys' folders in
  

• The timeline which allows you to combine the footage together and also make additional adjustments

• The source monitor which is where you can watch and trim the raw media
  

• The program monitor which enables you to watch the project that is in place on your timeline

There is one golden rule in editing that you must do all the time, to save as many times as possible which can be easily done by the simple command 'cmd S'. This is so in the event of a power cut or an accidental log out your project will be fine. The editing material itself is located in 'bins' and is categorized into footage, rushes and daily's; footage is the raw media that is copied from the source of origin, rushes and daily's is the raw footage shot on that day.

One very important tool that is used frequently when editing is the 'cut' tool which allows the editor to chop the footage up and change its length and the begging/end points, it is the foundation of editing and without this tool then you can only get so far. The shortcut for this 'cmd K'. In the source monitor the 'in' and 'out' points become of significant relevance because these will enable you to set and what point that specific video clip starts and ends so it will erase the sections that you will no need such as the words 'rolling', 'action' or 'cut'. The +/- buttons ley you enlarge or shrink the audio/video channels in the timeline so you can more efficiently edit the material on the timeline as cutting clips from a far viewpoint is nearly impossible.

Finally, just in case you make a mistake you can reverse it by using the command 'cmd Z' which will undo you project by one step - this is a lifesaver! However one final tip to note is to be careful when putting footage onto the timeline as you need to make sure when putting it on that you will not override any of the current footage already there, it can be a great pain to remove further down the line of an important project.