Pre- production: First filming and editing, Day in Jennsion

This week I had a chance to edit our short practise - movie from the workshop.
We called it DAY IN JENNISON. After editing, the length of the video is 2:05 minutes.

What I learnt during our first filming and editing:

1. Before setting up, check the location- look around, is the lightining good, do we have enough space, is it really crowded and noisy?
2. Be careful with the background sound- if there are any people having a conversation near the set, be aware of a loud background noise- it can affect your movie! We had that problem if it goes to the phone-call scene in Jennison social area. I tried to find a solution and I discovered an option DeNoiser in Adobe Premiere CC. If I set the Offset to -10 dB and Reduction to 17-20 dB, the background noise was slightly quiter. We realised, that we have to film in the quiet background, just to have the conversation very clear.
3. I discovered that the title should be followed by a transition to appear really smooth to the movie and slightly mix with the first scene.
4. I explored how to export the file from Adobe Premiere Pro to Mp4 format,keeping a really good quality. I have chosen a H.264 format, the I have changed the preset to HD 1080i. Then to reduce the size or the exported file I changed the target bitrate to 16 and a maximum bitrate to 30.
5. I got to know, that even one short scene can be cut in the middle and connected in another second,  just to speed up the action.

 

These are the steps I have taken while editing in Adobe Premiere CC. Firstly, I have imported all video files to the program and I have chosen the best ones to begin editing. I was looking for the files with satisfactory quality of sound and clear shots with good lightining. After selecting the files, I have done necessary cuts to reduce the footage and show those significant parts.

I created the opening and closing pages in Photoshop to use with transitions.

I have added opening and closing transitions to the footage, so it looks smooth and it informs the viewer about the title and the end of the movie. I watched a very helpful tutorial before doing so.

I used an option gain audio in all videos to reduce the sound to a proper level and DeNoiser (Reduction 17dB, Offset -10dB), trying to reduce the bacgkround sound in the file showing a phone call, so the viewer can hear the actual conversation with a bit quiter background. 

Useful tutorial I found.

Finally I got to know how to save the file and export media to the format I want. I learned how to achieve the file with a high resolution and reduce the size with keeping good quality at the sime time. The result is a 2-minute video in HD resolution, formated to mp4, which can be read in any program for watching movies.

Tutorial that helped me: