Video and Sound Production- Exercises

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29/8/2022- 28/11/2022 / Week 1 - Week 14
Chuah Kwai Pin / 0348376
Video and Sound Production / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media / Taylor's University 
Exercises 

LECTURES

Week 1: Module Briefing
Time Base Project
1) Pre- Production
  • Idea development
  • Story
  • Storyboard
  • Visual references
  • Location / Props
2) Production
  • Lighting
  • Costume
  • Principal Shooting
3) Post Production
  • Offline Editing
  • Online Editing
  • Audio Editing
INSTRUCTIONS


EXERCISES

Week 1: Arranging Clips on Adobe Premiere Pro

To get familiarized with the basics of Adobe Premiere Pro, we were told to download these clips of a Mints advertisement and recombine them into a full proper clip.

Fig. 1.1 "Mints" clips

After importing all the clips, I began dragging and dropping the clips based on the number sequence that has already been determined.

Fig. 1.2 Adobe Premiere Pro Screenshot of "Mints"

Fig. 1.3 Final Edited "Mints" Video


In the second editing exercise, it is almost similar to the first except the sequence of the videos have been randomized. We were told to watch the clips individually and piece them together so that they flow smoothly like the original advertisement video.

Fig. 1.4 "Doritos" clips

Fig. 1.5 Adobe Premiere Pro Screenshot of "Doritos"

Fig. 1.6 Final Edited "Doritos" Video

Week 2: Shooting & Editing practise

In this week's lecture, we learned about the 7 angle shots through the slides provided to us which included some example videos and pictures. There were also detailed descriptions to help us further understand how each shot is being framed.

After the lecture session, we were told to pair up and practise shooting the different angle shots using our phones. We had to shoot a landscape format video for about 5 seconds per shot. Once we have gotten all the 8 shots, we have to import them to Adobe Premiere Pro to compile together and then add the captions mentioning the shot size.

Fig. 1.1 Angle shots we have to shoot

Fig. 1.2 Reminders when shooting

Fig. 1.3 Video Compilation of the 8 angle shots

Lalin Video Editing Practise

We were required to download the unedited footages of Lalin filmed by our seniors and import them into Adobe Premiere Pro to trim and put them in order.

Fig. 2.1 Google Drive of unedited Lalin footages

Fig. 2.2 Screenshot of editing process in Premiere Pro

While trimming and putting the footages in order, I had to rewatch the original Lalin film to figure out which shot came first. For the text messages, I realised that some of them were missing from the original film, so I had to rearrange them in a way that made more sense. I also added a notification sound whenever a message comes in so that it is not too silent.

Fig. 2.3 Final Edited Lalin Video


Week 3: "Lalin" and "Guang" 3-Act Structures

For this week's exercise, we were told to go through the lecture notes to understand each of the acts and plot point definitions in a 3-Act Structure for a plot. Once we have established our understanding, we were tasked to watch "Lalin" and "Guang" again to determine the different acts, plot points and climax of the stories respectively.

Fig. 3.1 Screenshot of 3-Act Structure Exercise

Week 5: Storyboarding & Floor Plan

After listening and watching some videos about storyboarding in this week's lecturer, we were tasked to rewatch "Support" and screenshot all the different shots found in that scene. We were required to specify which shot is it (medium close-up, close-up, wide shot, etc.) and also write a short description describing what we see in that shot.

Fig. 4.1 Storyboarding (1/7)

Fig. 4.2 Storyboarding (2/7)

Fig. 4.3 Storyboarding (3/7)

Fig. 4.4 Storyboarding (4/7)

Fig. 4.5 Storyboarding (5/7)

Fig. 4.6 Storyboarding (6/7)

Fig. 4.7 Storyboarding (7/7)

After compiling the screenshots and specified which shot it is and the description, I then created a simple floorplan to show the possible positions of the different cameras setups to be able to shoot those shots from the storyboard.

Fig. 4.8 Floorplan

Week 7: Colour Correction for "Lalin"

After watching the YouTube tutorials on how to do colour correction using Lumetri Scopes, we were tasked to try it out on our edited 30s clip of Lalin. It was a lot of adjusting and playing around with the eye dropper to achieve white balance. Overall, it was not very difficult to follow and it is mostly just adjusting the colours and brightness until we are satisfied with it.

Fig. 5.1 Lalin colour correction screenshot

Fig. 5.2 Lalin colour correction screenshot 2

REFLECTION

After working on all of these exercises through this whole semester, I really feel that I learned a lot in terms of using the different editing softwares. It was a really fun module and I enjoyed exploring and making videos with the softwares. When I first started using Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects, I always struggled because it had so many panels and controls that I didn't know how to use. Overall, the lectures were very helpful and the class demos also were easy to follow.

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