John advised us to split our files up to keep our original footage, projects, final renders and any still we may have separate. This would help us find our current projects easier, and any footage we may need to add to the video at a later stage.
To edit our moving image project we will use Adobe Premier Pro, a program I have used before, but still unsure about how it fully works. We leant how to start a new project and what settings to use in our first workshop with John.
The footage I took to practice on premier was a simple task of making a cup of tea. I wanted a range of long shots, quick moving shots and panning shots. I wanted to learn how to cut from each shot to another. With limited knowledge of how to shoot and use a program like Premier, the workshops were very useful.
I imported all the footage into to the program very easily, and then began to build my video up. I cropped each shot to how I wanted them, and put them together us using the original audio.
I wanted the first few shots to be a normal speed and pace, and chose to make the last few quick and sharp. The shots were placing the mug onto the counter top, adding the tea bag, sugar and milk. I wanted this to be sharp and quick, keeping them all at around 1-2 seconds long. I decided not to fade the shots together and have them follow each other at a quick speed.
I then exported my footage, in the Quicktime format. The video is only 26 seconds in total, and took a few minutes to export. Something to consider when exporting my final piece that will be a lot longer.