2. Process:
I had begun the process of creating my showreel by
compiling all of the videos/images that I thought I may
include in my showreel into a folder on one drive so that I
had no chance of losing the clips and then I downloaded
each of them so I could add them all to the media pool on
Premier Pro. From here, I then added all of my clips to the
timeline so that I could get a rough idea of how I wanted to
lay out each of my clips, especially because there were a
few videos from the same gig and even though they were all
from different recordings, I didn’t want to have them side by
side seeing as it would make the editing seem sloppy, given
the lighting changes and everything. From there, I begun
cutting up the clips with the razor tool so that they were all
roughly the same length because if all of the videos were
different lengths it would make the video seem a bit
irregular and unorganised.
3. Process:
After cutting down all of the clips to the length I wanted
them to be, I then realised that I still had not removed the
audio from the videos so I unliked the audio from the videos
and removed them so that when it came to adding music to
my showreel it would be an easier process. As you can see
in the screenshots I provided, some of the footage I had
captured had not been the same size as other clips I had
added to the timeline and because of this there was a
rather large black border around them. Obviously, I could
not leave it like this as it would be a problem when it came
to marking me for technical skill. Because of this, I made
sure to resize the three clips that had the same issue,
making sure they fit the screen well without ruining the
overall quality of the video. Thankfully, even after all of the
videos had been resized, none of them actually lost their
quality so I didn’t have to go about re-recording anything.
4. Process:
I had gone into the colour correcting software on premier pro
to attempt to fix the white imbalance that you can see on the
clip in the first screenshot to the right however, despite my
efforts I could not save the clip, so this ended up having to be
taken out and replaced with another piece of content
unfortunately however I didn't want to be marked down for a
poor-quality piece of footage. Once this was done, I returned to
Uppbeat after finding royalty free music here previously and
did some searching for a piece of music that I wanted to add to
my showreel, settling on a piece of music called 'Summertime
Jam' as I felt it was upbeat enough to fit with my showreel and
the content within it. From there, I added three subtitles (from
the section on Premier Pro labelled text and titles) and some
transitions to them so that there was a short introduction to
my Showreel, making sure they were centered so it was more
appealing to the eye. I settled on the font verdana as it was
professional enough without being obnoxious on the eyes,
sized at 100 so that It was just the right size without taking up
too much space.
