Editing Workshop 1

Today's lesson was a workshop with Matt on learning how to edit. 

In the hour we had, we learnt the fundamental basics on how to edit using the software used at school which is premier pro. This software is used by all kinds of editors, ranging from beginners to people who do it for a living. 

When premier pro is first opened up we are presented with 4 windows. The top left window is the first video screen which is going to keep changing as you start editing. The top right hand window is another video screen which is linked directly to the timeline which is the bottom right window. The timeline is where the construction of the video takes place. The timeline goes from left to right. The bottom left hand corner is the project window which is the 'finder' of the software- footage, audio etc can all be found here. 

The first thing we did was made a bin where we put our rushes in. This process is called LOGGING. A rush is a completely unedited video file, it is called rushes because the film stuff is shot during the day and then ‘rushed’ off during the night to be used the next day by the producer and editor. (Called daily's in America because the process takes a day). 

Folders inside editing programmes are called bins. 

We logged by picking out the rushes we liked that we took in a previous workshop and moved it all to a bin. We renamed the rushes short and simple names so that they can be easily found in the future. 

(the square on the bottom left is the bins)

Once we had our bins we were able to use our footage. We first trimmed our videos down, to do this you mark the in point by pressing I. This tells the computer where to start the footage. 

 You press 'O' when you wanted it to end. 

We then moved the videos down to the timeline and put them together to create our final piece-

A few other important things we learnt were- 

• The trim handle is used to trim videos earlier/later
• We use Command S to save our work 
• Command Z is short for undo