2. • Go to the appropriate week and save the file
“PRODUCTION EXERCISE MP4 VIDEO FILE-Raw
NY Prison Break” to a folder called “MMJ VIDEO” on
your DESKTOP
• You should each have an ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
ELEMENTS icon on your desktop and/or on your
START MENU that looks something like this:
• Double click it to open the program and choose
VIDEO EDITOR – NEW PROJECT
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4. •You can also complete this
exercise simply by
downloading and watching the
video in whatever player
program you desire – you just
need to be able to see it and
know its TIME CODE.
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5. • Choose “EXPERT” mode from choices above – the following
instructions are based on this mode
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6. • Within ADOBE PREMIERE ELEMENTS (APE) click on the
“Add Media” section at the top
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7. • Go to FILES AND FOLDER and navigate to “PRODUCTION
EXERCISE MP4 VIDEO FILE-Raw NY Prison Break” which you
just saved to your MMJ VIDEO folder on the DESKTOP
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8. • Once added you should see the video in PROJECT ASSETS
and the program will conform the video so you can view/edit it
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9. • After the MP4 file imports, you DRAG IT DOWN INTO THE
TIMELINE AREA SO IT LANDS ON VIDEO 1 and AUDIO 1
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10. 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
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11. Just as with Audacity, you can move around the file by moving
the Blue PLAYHEAD to where you want to start/edit
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12. •So you’ve got over five minutes of footage –
now what?
•Before you start any editing you need to
know what you have to work with so
LOGGING VIDEO (and audio) FOOTAGE
IS ESSENTIAL!
•Logging Video is also typically part of what
an entry level job would entail
•Download the LOGSHEET TEMPLATE from
Blackboard via the appropriate folder
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13. • Starting at the beginning and using the TIME
CODE display you’re going to go through the
footage and LOG what’s there on your
LOGSHEET
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14. • Starting at the beginning and using the TIME
CODE display you’re going to go through the
footage and LOG what’s there on your LOGSHEET
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15. • Watch the entire Raw Video and record the basics of what
you see and hear on your logsheet alongside the provided
timecode information with any other notes you might have:
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16. • List each shot’s time code duration in minutes and
seconds
• (00:08 – 00:12, for example)
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17. • List each shot’s video description by recording what you
see and what kind of basic shot it is (field of view):
• (“Wide shot (WS)/EL; 2 trooper vehicles – one in
foreground, one in background” for example)
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18. • List each shot’s sound content – if it’s an
INTERVIEW/SOUND BITE transcribe/paraphrase
the entire sound content!
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19. • Use the notes column for other information about the
shoot you want to record
• “Good search shot” for example
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20. • Once you fully complete the 4-page Video Footage Logsheet
you will submit it via Blackboard – this is for a PRODUCTION
EXERCISE grade
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