Premiere Pro: Narrative Scene Editing

Course details

Adobe Premiere Pro is a great tool for putting all the pieces of your short film together and allows you to reorder your ideas in real time. This course introduces the essential storytelling concepts and editing techniques you'll need to put it to good use. Author Christine Steele covers selecting shots, crafting scenes, and placing clips and cuts in a way that supports narrative flow. The course also introduces strategies for supporting character and story development using shot framing, flashbacks, cutaways, and effects to further enhance the pacing and drama of the piece.

Learning objectives
Preparing your workflow
Adding and editing clip markers
Evaluating performances, shot framing, and supporting elements in takes
Adding reaction shots
Cutting on action
Building montages
Compressing time with jump cuts
Working with audio
Supporting theme with color effects
Altering playback speed

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - Using the exercise files
03 - Watching a rough cut

1. Preparing to Edit

04 - Preparing the workspace
05 - Customizing clip metadata
06 - Refining organization using the script and shooting notes
07 - Adding and editing markers

2. Shot Selection

08 - Evaluating performance in a take
09 - Evaluating shot framing
10 - Maintaining clear continuity between clips
11 - Evaluating supporting elements in a take

3. Dialogue Scene Building

12 - Framing the scene - Sequencing shots to build a rough cut
13 - Adding reaction shots
14 - Cutting on action
15 - Refining the dialogue scene
16 - Smoothing dialogue
17 - Putting it all together

4. Montage Scene Building

18 - Building a quick montage rough cut using the Automate to Sequence tool
19 - Compressing time using jump cuts
20 - Refining montage pacing

5. Flashback Scene Building

21 - Discovering the flashback scene through visuals
22 - Working with audio to continue building the flashback scene
23 - Refining the flashback scene

6. Creative Effects

24 - Altering time - Speed variation
25 - Color design
26 - Using the Creative Suite tools - Roundtrip to After Effects via Dynamic Link
27 - Smoothing jumps in time using transitions

Conclusion

28 - Next steps