1. 
We need to learn Adobe

2. Task
 Create a 1 minute sweded music video.
 Instructions are on the blog

3. Tutorials
 The following link has screen shot guides of how to do the
basics on adobe.
 http://www.mediacollege.com/adobe/premiere/pro/

4. 
Editing and Cinematography for MusicVideos
3 Lessons

5. We know how to film and edit don’t we?
 You have learned how to film and edit but…you
learned this skill for making films. Music videos are
very different.

6. ExtensionTask
Now lets analyse some of the best music videos to find out what we
should be doing.

7. ExtensionTask
 To get the higher grades take your editing research
further by looking at successful music videos.

8. Editing
 The following Videos won or were nominated for best editing in the 2012
MTV VMAs
 Beyoncé — "Countdown” (Editors: Alexander Hammer and Jeremiah Shuff)
 ASAP Rocky — "Goldie" (Editor: Samantha Lecca)
 Gotye (featuring Kimbra) — "Somebody That I Used to Know" (Editor:
Natasha Pincus)
 Jay-Z and Kanye West — "Paris" (Editors: Alexander Hammer, Peter Johnson
and Derek Lee)
 Kanye West (featuring Pusha T, Big Sean and 2 Chainz) — "Mercy" (Editor:
Eric Greenburg)

9. Task – Pick out EditingTechniques
 Choose one or two of the videos from the previous
slide.
 List all of the editing techniques that you see (add
some screen shots)
 Tell me why you think that the music video was
nominated or won the award. (Beyonce Won)

10. Special Effects
 Special effects have increasingly found their place in music
videos. This music video won best SFX at the VMAs in 2012 –
Skrillex
 Want to see how they create this magic on another video? Click
here

11. Cinematography
 The following Videos won or were nominated for best
cinematography in the 2012 MTV VMAs
 M.I.A. — "Bad Girls" (Director of Photography: André Chemetoff)
 Adele — "Someone Like You" (Director of Photography: David
Johnson)
 Coldplay (featuring Rihanna) — "Princess of China" (Director of
Photography: Stéphane Vallée)
 Lana Del Rey — "Born to Die" (Director of Photography: André
Chemetoff)
 Drake (featuring Rihanna) — "Take Care" (Director of Photography:
Kasper Tuxen)

12. Task – Pick out CinematographyTechniques
 Choose one or two of the videos from the previous
slide.
 Write down all of the camera shots, angles,
movements that you see (add some screen shots)
 At the bottom tell me why you think that the music
video was nominated or won the award.