WCC COMM 106 video editing exercise part #1 LUTHER

VIDEO EDITING
EXERCISE:
PART #1: IMPORTING
MATERIALS & RECORDING
NARRATION

ADOBE PREMIERE ELEMENTS
• ADOBE PREMIERE ELEMENTS (APE) is a
video editing program that is “non-linear” which
means it is digital and non-destructive. No
matter what you do in the program, you don’t
alter your original files (unless you specifically
delete them)
• All digital video editing programs work on a
similar structure
• ALWAYS PLUG YOUR HEADPHONES IN
BEFORE STARTING PROGRAM!

• Just as we did with the VIDEO LOGGING
EXERCISE we’re going to import the
“PRODUCTION EXERCISE MP4 VIDEO FILE-Raw
NY Prison Break” from your “MMJ VIDEO” Desktop
Folder into APE
• You should each have an ADOBE PHOTOSHOP /
PREMIERE ELEMENTS icon on your desktop
and/or on your START MENU that looks something
like this (it might be purple)
• Double click it to open the program and choose
VIDEO EDITOR – NEW PROJECT
APE Exercise PART #1

• Choose “EXPERT” mode from choices above – the following
instructions are based on this mode

• Within ADOBE PREMIERE ELEMENTS (APE) then click on the
“Add Media” section at the top

• Go to FILES AND FOLDER and navigate to “PRODUCTION
EXERCISE MP4 VIDEO FILE-Raw NY Prison Break” which
you saved to your MMJ VIDEO folder on the DESKTOP

• Once added you should see the video in PROJECT
ASSETS and the program will conform the video so you
can view/edit it

• After the MP4
file imports (and
if it hasn’t
already added
the video to
your timeline
automatically)
DRAG IT
DOWN INTO
THE TIMELINE
AREA SO IT
LANDS ON
THE VIDEO 1
and AUDIO 1
TRACKS
VIDEO OF INSTRUCTION – PUSH PLAY ABOVE

• Within APE
select FILE –
SAVE AS and
save the
project as
“YOUR LAST
NAME-APE
EXERCISE #1”
in the MMJ
VIDEO folder
on your
desktop (where
your raw video
should also be)

• This .PREL file is the project file you will work on for this
exercise – ALWAYS OPEN PROJECT FILES DIRECTLY
FROM THIS ICON IN YOUR DESKTOP VIDEO FOLDER!

You can now watch and listen to the imported file through your
headphones
Simply hit the SPACE bar to start the video or use the control
buttons underneath the preview screen

Just as with
Audacity, you
can move
around the file
by moving the
Blue
PLAYHEAD to
where you want
to start/edit

•Go to the appropriate folder and save the
NY PRISON BREAK VIDEO EXERCISE
MATERIALS ZIP FILE to your “MMJ
VIDEO” folder on the desktop
•You do this by right-clicking the ZIP FILE
and saving it to your “MMJ VIDEO” folder
on the desktop (See video on next slide)

•Next locate the ZIP file and extract
the files into your folder by RIGHT
CLICKING and choosing “EXTRACT
HERE”
•After extracting is complete, you
should then see 7 photo files and a
Script file within your VIDEO folder

• Within ADOBE
PREMIERE
ELEMENTS
(APE) click on
the “Add videos
and photos”
button at the top
and and select
the seven (7)
“PRISON
BREAK” photos
which you just
unzipped into
your MMJ
VIDEO folder on
the desktop

• When imported your work area should look
like this with the RAW VIDEO and the 7
PHOTOS visible in your PROJECT ASSETS
area:

•Using a PRINTED COPY of the script
(also found in the ZIP file of materials) you
will next record your narration – you do
NOT read the BOLDED interview
soundbites.
•Just as with our Audio Project you will edit
this narration into separate pieces for
assembly along with your VIDEO B-ROLL
and INTERVIEW SOUNDBITES

NARRATION
SCRIPT AND
SOUNDBITES ON
RIGHT SIDE
VIDEO INFO
ON THE
LEFT SIDE

• In APE
select the
SHOW
AUDIO
VIEW
option
above the
timeline

• On the AUDIO #2 TRACK click the RED
RECORD BUTTON for “Add Narration”

• A NARRATION window should then open
–make sure the headphone microphone
is chosen under the MICROPHONE icon

• You may need to turn your headphone volume
down on the cord to eliminate feedback echo –
be patient, we will find the correct setup

• Press RECORD to start recording and DONE
with you’re finished – RECORD THE SCRIPT
AS ONE TAKE – YOU CAN DELETE WHAT
YOU DON’T WANT LATER
• After you’re done, you should see the GREEN
AUDIO TRACK on the timeline and also as a
WAV file in your PROJECT ASSETS along
with the video and still photos you’ve imported

• You now have all the basic video/image
elements for this exercise imported and your
narration recorded into your project file
• BE CERTAIN YOU USE FILE/SAVE TO SAVE
YOUR PROJECT (already saved to your
desktop folder)
• CLOSE APE
• The next step is to start assembling the final
edit per the provided script

WCC COMM 106 video editing exercise part #1 LUTHER

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