MP Spring 2004 - Lecture 1

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11/08/05 Noise Really Great
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The Menu 11/8/05

• History of NLE
• Background of Video Production Workflow
• Related Concepts and Terms
• Why we are not using Premiere
• Windows Movie Maker Slideshow

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Brief History of Video Editing

• Linear Editing - Video Post Production prior to
  Computers
• Physically cutting tape/film, reassemble into
  final product
• Non-Linear Editing (NLE) Computer software
  based film, video editing
• Footage Assets captured/imported into computer
• Editing, transitions, effects are achieved with
  extreme ease compared to linear editing
• Examples of NLEs AVID, Adobe Premiere, Final
  Cut Pro, iMovie, Windows Movie Maker

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Soup to Nuts

• Complete Workflow
• Pre-Production
• Production
• Post Production
• Once project concept is determined

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Pre-Production

• Planning Phase
• Determine location
• Secure Permits (if needed)
• Assemble Crew
• Producers, Director, Lighting Designer, Sound
  Engineer, Camera Operator(s)
• Compile Equipment List
• Light, Camera, Accessories (cables, batteries,
  adapters, tape, etc)
• Create Production Day Schedule
• Crew and Talent members need at specific times

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Production

• Day of Event/Shoot
• Reference Equipment List / Double Check gear
• Setup at Location
• Shoot!
• Different for every event or project

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(Non-Linear) Post Production 1

• Capture/Import materials onto computer hard drive
• Video files are vary is size but are generally
  HUGE, it varies by compression setting
• Uncompressed DV - 1 GB for roughly 5 minutes
• Varies widely, HD content uses MUCH more space
• Organize materials into Folders
• Video Footage
• Still Images/Graphics
• Audio

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(Non-Linear) Post Production 2

• Import materials into NLE program (i.e. Adobe
  Premiere, Final Cut Pro, Windows Movie Maker)
• Edit material together into finished product
• Apply titling graphics, special effects
• Export to tape (digital or analog), encode for
  DVD or web presentation formats

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Fundamentals

• Camera Operation
• Framing
• Editing
• Graphics, Transitions Titling
• Digital Video Standards
• Encoding for the Web
• CODECS

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Camera Operation

• Focus
• Iris (Exposure) control light levels
• White Balance a camera feature which determines
  what actual white is in any given lighting
  condition
• Framing position of subject in picture

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Framing

• Composition
• Three Basic Shot Descriptions
• Close-Up
• Medium Shot
• Wide Shot
• Head Room

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(Non-Linear) Editing

• Different Styles chosen for feel of final
  product
• Continuity telling a linear story
• Full Football game
• Sitcom
• Montage compilation of fragments
• Music Video
• Football game highlight reel
• The Art of the Edit
• Different methods of assembling footage to convey
  the mood you envision

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Graphics, Transitions, Titling

• Graphics Computer generated slides or motion
  which are added in the edit to enhance production
  quality
• Transitions when editing from one clip to
  another
• Video
• Straight Cut
• Dissolve
• Wipe
• Audio
• Straight Cut
• Cross Fade
• Fade in/Fade Out
• Titling adding text on top of your video images

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Digital Video Standards

• Frame Size
• NTSC Standard 720 x 480 (pixel resolution)
• Other common sizes 320 x 240 240 x 180
• Can be anything, will vary depending on final
  delivery
• Frame Rate
• Number of frames per second that gives the
  illusion of motion from multiple still images

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Encoding for Web

• Main Objective
• Make video file size as small as possible while
  maintaining reasonable image quality in order to
  facilitate internet delivery
• Methods for achieving smaller file size
• Reduce Frame Size
• Reduce Frame Rate
• Key Frames
• Streaming vs. Progressive Download

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Popular CODECs

• CODEC Compression/Decompression
• Proprietary
• Windows Media Player (.wmv)
• QuickTime (.mov)
• Real Media Player (.rm)
• Public
• AVI
• MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4

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Take a BreakBUTWhile You Wait

• Make sure all your assets are in your ex4
  folder on your computer
• Recommended
• Create a folder for images and one for audio
  INSIDE your exercise 4 folder
• If you dont have an MP3 for audio, I posted a
  couple here.
• If you dont have any images to use, here are a
  some you can use for todays class, but NOT for
  EX4.

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Premiere What you need to know

• Premiere does not work well in the Lab, these
  computers cannot handle the processor intensive
  work that full function NLE programs require
• We are going to use Windows Movie Maker,
  although limited in functionality, it is good
  introduction
• If you are working on a mac, iMovie is very
  similar to Windows Movie Maker
• BUT, if you want to download and explore
  Premiere at home, here is the link
  http//www.adobe.com/products/tryadobe/main.jsppr
  oduct98
• Last semesters Lecture 9 has Premiere
  instructions

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Before We Start

• You MUST
• Get your files (mp3 and images) in your EX4
  folder before starting
• EX4 folder should contain
• 1 folder with all images you are going to
  incorporate
• 1 folder with all audio files you are going to
  incorporate
• This is where you will save everything associated
  with this video project

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Open Windows Movie Maker

• Start gt All Programs gt Windows Movie Maker
• You should see the interface above

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Import You Assets (1/2)

• Save your Project before importing anything (I
  didnt do it in the screen shot and I was wrong)
• Click on Import Pictures
• Navigate to your EX4 folder

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Import You Assets (2/2)

• Choose your images folder within
• Select all images - Shiftclick to get them all
• Click import
• Do the same for your audio

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What You Should See

• After importing your audio and video you should
  see thumbnails of everything you imported.
• If you DONT - make sure the Collections drop
  down menu is selected

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Video Effects

• In the drop down menu in the center, you will
  notice 2 other choices
• Video Effects
• Video Transitions
• In addtion to the Collections option
• The Video Effects options will apply an effect to
  you movie clip or image in the timeline.
• Dont get too carried away

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Video Transitions

• The Video Transitions will apply a transition
  between 2 movie clips or images in your timeline
• Again, dont use 47 different effects, it will
  just look silly.

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Add assets to Timeline (1/2)

• To make your movie, you need to add assets to the
  Timeline.
• There are two views of the Timeline
• Timeline (Shown) or Storyboard
• Audio can only be added in Timeline view.
• You can switch between the 2 at any time\

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Add assets to Timeline (2/2)

• To add anything to the time line
• DRAG AND DROP!
• To add an effect or transition
• DRAG AND DROP!
• To add an image
• DRAG AND DROP
• To add a Title
• DRAG AND DROP

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Adding a Title or other Text

• NOTE You can also make graphics/titles in
  Fireworks and import them like images
• Under 2 Edit
• You will see screen shot at right
• Select what you want to make and click on it

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Opening Title

• Every great piece of cinema magic has a wonderful
  title, and your pieces will be no different
• Fill in the text you want in the box on the left.
• Notice the More Options
• Change the title animation
• Change the text font and color

If I get anything that looks like the one above I
will return them with a 0. No blue background And
boring san-serif font, you must stylize your title
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Opening Title - Font and Color

• Change the Font and Color
• You can get as creative as you like and can make
  the text as crazy as you like

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Opening Title - Animation

• When you have the colors and Fonts the way you
  like them, you need to decide on a cool animation
  to bring this all to life.
• Test out all the options in the list, a preview
  will play in the window on the right.
• When you have it how you like it, click Done,
  Add to movie

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Saving the Movie 1

• Save your source file first.
• File gt Save Project
• Then save the movie out, this of this as Filegt
  Export in Fireworks
• File gt Save Movie File

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Saving Movie 2

• Choose My Computer on the first screen of the
  wizard
• Click Next

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Saving Movie 3

• Enter a descriptive name for your movie
• Choose the location to save your movie - this
  should be inside your EX4 folder
• Click ok and next

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Saving Movie 4

• On the movie settings slide, choose
• High Quality video (small) from the Other
  Settings option
• Make sure the settings details look the same as
  the screen shot to the right
• Click NEXT

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Saving Movie 5

• The movie will now be rendered out, this may take
  a few minutes, depending on the speed of the
  computer.

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Saving Movie 6

• You should see this screen when you have finished
  rendering
• Click Finish
• You now have a Windows media movie file, that is
  320 x 240 in your Ex 4 folder that you can watch
  and share

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NEXT WEEK

• Individual Meetings, we can talk about whatever
  you like, each student gets 10 minutes with me
• Meetings will go from about 500 - 750, 910 -
  1030
• From 8-9pm next week we will meet as a class to
  go over embedding a video player in a webpage
• The lab will be open for you to work on your EX4
  or your final projects