Today’s Plan:
- Revisiting Adobe Premiere
- Work List #2: How to…
- Watching Your Videos
- Let’s Take a Walk
- For Next Class
Revisiting Adobe Premiere
Thanks to the six or seven people who swung by the library on Friday. What I learned from those conversations is that the easiest way to address the Premiere Files issue is to use flash drives. I recognize that not everyone has a flash drive that can store 10 GB+. In Thursday’s class we will partner up and tackle Lesson #5 in Premiere. If you can, copy the files from your CD (or the digital download) onto the flash drive before Thursday’s class. Bring your Adobe book to class on Thursday.
Work List #2: How to…
We will spend a lot of time in class today watching your videos. First, I want to lay out our second Work List project, due next Monday at 11:59pm. This one is a short instructional video. First, let’s walk through the top Google hit for “how to make an instructional video.”
Maybe we will have time to watch this. And it might be worth it to take a few seconds and watch this.
Let’s look at our list of criteria from Work List #1, with a change and a new addition:
- Length: One minute to two minutes
- Do shots adhere to the rule of thirds?
- Shots should be less than 8 seconds?
- Use a wide/establishing shot?
- Does it use a medium shot?
- Does it use a close-up?
- Do shots balance color and form?
- Is the camera still?
- Does it appear the filmmaker has paid attention to lighting?
- Does it use a voiceover for at least part of the video?
Let’s Take a Walk
For Next Class
Transfer your Adobe project files onto a flash drive. Write out the instructions for your instructional video (it should have at least 5 steps, probably no more than 10).
