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Course Description: Creative Video Editing - Eric Kenning

$25.00

Coming in September 2010 - Creative Video Editing

This course will teach you the techniques of video editing and show how shots are assembled in a sequence that tell a story. There will be exercises on editing a music clip, editing an interview, adding sound tracks, special effects, working with overlay tracks, adding titles, photographs, graphics and key frame movement for titles and graphics.

Requirements

The course has been designed for a student who is using editing software that has standard features such as multiple video and audio tracks, ripple editing the ability to crop images, adjust sound tract volume on individual tracks. The following software meets the criteria: Adobe Premiere Elements, Corel Video Studio Pro X3 and Sony Vegas Movie Studio standard and Platinum. Other software may also have the required features.

Prerequisites

A student must have a good working knowledge of their computer operating system and video editing software and understand how to set up folders.

Skill Level: Intermediate.

Lessons

Week 1

Download media for assignment
The editing work space, timeline and tracks
Shot types and building a sequence
Add a title
Upload to YouTube

Week 2

The element of time
In and out points
Overlay shots
Add a title
Add sound

Week 3

Edit a sequence to music
Select music and add to audio track
Add sound effects

Week 4

Interview sequence
Add cut-a-ways using overly tracks

Week 5

Special effects
Transitions
Shot in shot

Week 6

Editing long videos
Continuity
Time code
Key frame and how its is use for animating video shots, graphics and titles

Week 7

Wrap up and Review

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