Editing Lesson Blog

During the lesson that happened today, I learned about how to use and handle the camera and how to edit the videos we record of the camera. The first thing we learned about was how to sign out our equipment to then use to record. We then went over procedures to handle the camera and the tripod that is included with it. The camera needs to be taken care of accordingly and used properly so there are no problems with it when it is handed back in. The tripod that was shown involved straight forward rules like when moving to a far distance. We also learned the movements of the tripod to properly get the right view of our video. With the tripod, moving it side to side is called pan. Moving the tripod forward and backwards is called tilt. To use the camera on the tripod, you have to unscrew to the plate of the tripod and screw it onto the camera. After finishing with the camera, you must remove the camera from the tripod, push in all the legs of the tripod, and then put everything back in the bag.

The second part of the lesson was learning how to import our footage into a folder. First, we open pinnacle studios, click edit, then import our video. We then press the plus sign next to the word desktop and click the file where we stored our footage. After starting the import, the teacher mad it clear to wait until all the footage is uploaded so that it doesn’t get messed up. We then learned to edit the raw footage we took. The AV Track 1 is used to insert the titles, AV Track 2 is used for building the recorded film, and AV Track 3 is for the audio of the film. The teacher showed us an example of how to cut a clip down. We move the play bar to the position where we want to cut the clip after we click the blade to split the clip and delete anything that is unneeded. The teacher stated that when we’re filming to get film extra parts so if we accidentally delete anything  we can replace it.

Last, we learned to use special effects in our film. We right click on one of the clips then click special effects and click on one of the clips. In the special affects menu we will be able to add color, different transitions, and other things. The teacher then demonstrated how to use voiceovers, which will allow us to make our film more unique.