Hey everybody! For the last couple class periods, we've been practicing with Adobe Premiere Pro. It's been really good practice with Premiere so that I can be more experienced by the time I start working on my final project. But, with all that said, let's take a look at what I've been up to.
The Process of Practicing Premiere
First off, we were provided footage from ASB, a student television organization that organizes competitions and acts as an amazing resource for student filmmakers and journalists. They had a ton of raw footage from some kind of county fair and interviews on a concession stand called "Pineapple Whip," which I had the privilege of working with. Unfortunately, there was no shortage of errors and mishaps in the footage (including the interviews and B-roll), but I'll get more into detail on that later. All in all, it proved to be a pretty good challenge, and a great opportunity to hone my skills.
I began with just putting all my clips into the sequence and examining each one to know what I did and did not want to include. Then, I broke up the interview into smaller segments to make the editing easier. After I had all the interview clips in order, I started layering on B-roll over the interview clips to "spice up" the visuals. Once I had a good foundation, I started adding on the special touches. I used constant gain to blend the different audio tracks, I used plenty of J-cuts to make transitions between shots easier, and added a lower third graphic. Finally, I went through the rubric that my teacher provided us to ensure that I had met all of the requirements, which I had.
All things considered, it was a great assignment. It wasn't too difficult, but it was sufficiently complicated for me to challenge myself a bit.
Challenges and Successes
This assignment definitely had its ups and downs. My main issue was simply the footage that I was provided. For example, the interviewee never introduced himself with his full name and position, the clip just ended while he was explaining the main theme of the package, the interviewer would occasionally speak over both the interviewee and the b-roll, meaning I couldn't use any of those clips, and several of the b-roll shots were really odd.
I didn't experience any difficulties with premiere itself, as I already use premiere for my TV production class and I'm familiar with the program. I actually had a great deal of success with premiere, such as when I made my own lower third name graphic and added special audio effects to make transitions smoother.
Lessons Learned
Overall, I think my biggest takeaway from this assignment is just to make sure you get things done right in production so you don't have to make sacrifices and makeshift solutions in post-production. If the original package crew that got the footage had just done all the things I complained about during the actual production and filming, it would've been far easier to make a better package.
Next time that I produce a package, and when I produce my final product for this class, I'll be sure to double check everything during production so that I don't encounter any hiccups in post-production that could throw off the whole project.
Also, if you want to check out my finished package, you can watch it below by clicking the link.
https://youtu.be/8g2OK0rjdPQ
See you next time!
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