Premiere Pro: Documentary Editing
3h 49mIntermediate2012-09-19
Authors
Jason Osder
Documentary Filmmaker, Associate Professor of Media
Course details
Find out how to highlight a cause, express a point of view, and tell a story with Adobe Premiere Pro and some essential documentary editing techniques. This course breaks down the documentary process into a series of stages that correspond to the milestones of a real client project. Starting with existing footage, you'll discover how to identify the key messaging concepts and log the footage. Then find out how to assemble rough and fine-tuned cuts, and layer in motion graphics and a credit roll. The final phase explores color correction and audio mixing, before exporting your final movie.
This course is part of a series that looks at Documentary Editing from the point of view of 3 different editors in 3 different editing applications. For more insight on editing documentary projects, take a look at Documentary Editing with Avid Media Composer and Documentary Editing with Final Cut Pro X.
Learning objectives
Interpreting a creative brief
Logging interviews and other footage
Pulling selects and presenting ideas
Building sequences and scenes
Creating title graphics
Animating images
Adjusting b-roll shots
Tightening clip timing
Compressing and exporting multiple files
This course is part of a series that looks at Documentary Editing from the point of view of 3 different editors in 3 different editing applications. For more insight on editing documentary projects, take a look at Documentary Editing with Avid Media Composer and Documentary Editing with Final Cut Pro X.
Learning objectives
Interpreting a creative brief
Logging interviews and other footage
Pulling selects and presenting ideas
Building sequences and scenes
Creating title graphics
Animating images
Adjusting b-roll shots
Tightening clip timing
Compressing and exporting multiple files
Skills covered
Shooting VideoPremiere ProVideo EditingVideoAdobeDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
Introduction
- Welcome
- Using the exercise files
- Interpreting a creative brief to establish goals
- How to use this course
Phase 1 - Producing for Message
- Identifying messaging concepts
- Tips for working with interviews
- Tips on B-roll sequences
- Researching background and history
Phase 2 - Preparing to Edit
- Organizing the ingest process
- Choosing an interview logging method
- Adding interview metadata
- Logging interviews with markers
- Adding notes to B-roll clips
- Preparing archival images with Photoshop
- Pulling selects and presenting ideas
Phase 3 - Rough Cutting
- Structuring the edit
- Assembling B-roll shots
- Assembling interviews
- Building sequences and scenes
- Editing interview bites on the Timeline
- Adding other media types to the Timeline
- Completing the rough cut
- Presenting the rough cut and receiving feedback
Phase 4 - Incorporating Still Images and Motion Graphics
- Planning moves on photographs
- Animating images
- Creating a title graphic in Photoshop
- Animating a title graphic in Premiere
- Presenting graphics work
Phase 5 - Fine-Cutting
- Performing an editorial evaluation
- Refining scene order
- Adjusting interview content
- Adjusting B-roll shots
- Tightening clip timing
- Fine-cutting audio
- Reviewing all assets
- Adding end credits
- Locking the picture and preparing the Timeline for finishing
- Presenting the picture lock to the client and receiving approval
Phase 6 - Finishing
- Evaluating the piece for finishing goals
- Polishing the final audio mix
- Correcting color for consistency
- Adjusting the title and animations for the best compression
- Exporting multiple files
Conclusion
- Next steps