Welcome to the Introduction to Movie Maker and Adobe Premiere Course Page.
Here you will find several tutorials and materials covering the basics of Movie Maker and Adobe Premiere. All material can be downloaded in Microsoft Word document format. These materials were created for a course of the same name currently being delivered in the Ministry of Education’s Teacher Training Centre (by yours truly). I hope that you all find the material helpful and useful.
Enjoy!
Course Outline: Adobe Premiere Outline
Introduction: How Camcorders Work
Movie Maker: Lesson 1
Camera Angles: Describing Camera Angles and Movement
Different Camera Shots and Angles: Camera Handling
Dolly Shot: Example
Pan Shot: Example
Long Shot: Example
Medium Shot: Example
Close Up: Example
Extreme Close Up: Example
Pre-Production:
Storyboarding: Storyboard Examples
Storyboard Template: You can use this template for drawing storyboards or alternatively use PowerPoint to create a presentation with six empty slides and when printing choose 3 slides per page so that you get three frames and some lines to write additional information about the scene.
**Storyboard Exercise: Watch one of the following adverts and draw a rough storyboard of what is happening. After completing the storyboard, switch storyboards with one of the other groups in your class and see if they can identify the shots and advert.
Scripts:
سيناريو مبسط : A template for a simple script (in Arabic) with many thanks to Ms Layla
How to write a script: An informative and clear article of how to write a script. You can also download a sample script at the beginning of the page.
Film-making E-Book: An excellent ebook covering how to start making a film and how to find locations and determine which equipment you need.
Celtx: A popular free scriptwriting software for films, documentaries and plays.
Video Effects:
Audio Production:
Download Audacity : Audacity is a free audio editor, which allows you to record and edit audio files. Due to the fact that Audacity is an open source program, many plug-ins can be found on the website in the form of effects and extra tools.
Audacity Tutorials: Comprehensive tutorials covering the basic skills of using Audacity and sound editing.
Rendering and Exporting:
**FINAL VIDEO PROJECT**
This project makes 80% of your final mark to complete this program and the project will be as followed:
” You have been asked to enter a competition between Bahrain’s schools in creating short educational videos to enhance lessons in your field of teaching. The video should contain original and archived footage and images, in addition to audio in the form of dialogue, narration or music”.
The video must comply to the following criteria:
- Between 2-5 minutes long
- Must contain original footage and images, archived footage or images are allowed but in small amounts.
- The video must contain a title in the beginning and credits in the end (these are not added in the actual video’s duration).
- Demonstrate the use of transitions and video effects in at least one scene in the video.
- The Premiere Project and original files should be handed in on a CD or DVD depending on the file size, including the final video.
- The Final video must be exported as DV PAL 720 x 576.
- A rough copy script and storyboard are also required to prove pre-production.
The final deadline for submitting the above is Monday 19th May 2008.
Final Video Project-Word Format
BBC Motion Gallery : A great website with huge amounts of video footage and archives ranging anything from Chinese culture to Koalas sleeping! Clips are downloadable in Windows Media Format and Quicktime Movie format.
Incompetech : Great resource for music pieces in many genres and moods. Download the tracks in .mp3 format.
SoundDogs: Good resource for sound effects. Use the search engine to find the sound effect you want.
Fotosearch (Thanks to Ali Helal): Good resource for stock photography, video footage and music.
Media College: A good web resource that contains a number of tutorials covering the basics of Adobe Premiere and editing in general. You can also visit the main page to find forums and links for sound effects and downloadable videos to work with.
Tutorial Find: A website with many links to Adobe Premiere tutorials around the web.
