Postproduction Notes
Below find information regarding Final Cut Pro and creative commons sites that may be useful in your postproduction.
Please Note: See Assessment folder on the menu at left for tips on completing the Design section of your Production Report.
Congratulations to all the students who have presented work. All of the videos shown have potential and there
are some very good ones among them. As to the editing software you are using, some are sticking with imovie despite
its tendency to crash, some using their home software and some have moved onto Final Cut Pro. The attitude of the course
is that it's your choice to go with Final Cut Pro, given that you haven't been provided with any instruction on it. Below you'll find
some useful info from Jamie regarding Final Cut Pro. Check also his messages on the newsgroup. Don't hesitate to get in touch
with him if you have technical problems. That includes any problems with imovie. You can reply to his post on the newsgroup or
email him at student-helpdesk (ie the generic address for the helpdesk - he will get your email).
Jamie's Info
Here are some links that I think will help you understand how Final Cut Studio works.
Overview reading:
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/fcp_6_first_look_martin.html
Tutorials:
http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/tutorials/ : these give you an idea of what you can do and the terminology you
would use when looking for more tutorials.
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/fcp_homepage_index.html : great resource that gives both beginner and
advanced tutorials covering many of the FCS2 applications.
http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&client=safari&rls=en-
A bunch of different video tutorials that should help you find that feature you've been looking for.
Also all of the Final Cut Studio application manuals are installed digitally on all the machines. Just use the help menu
in the application you are using and you will get the complete manual as a PDF that you can search.H
Here is a tutorial for removing noise from your video
http://www.studiodaily.com/main/searchlist/9635.html
or if you are looking for video tutorials use Google video search
youtube also has a lot of tutorials that are short and effective.
cheers,
Jamie
Below see some creative commons sites, which may be useful overall
Sounds:
http://www.freesound.org/whatisFreesound.php
Images
http://www.bbcmotiongallery.com/Customer/index.aspx
then there's the creative commons site which has image, text, video and audio
http://search.creative commons.org/
which has a video you can view or for more information see:
http://wiki.creative commons.org/Content_Curators
Then the Internet Archive specialises in moving image but also has image, sound and text
http://www.archive.org/index.php
for photography also see stock.xchng
Key Information
Course Aims
To introduce concepts, models and principles relating to the use of digital tools for multimedia production; to outline the relevant digital video techniques and how they interact to make stories. To introduce an awareness of software and hardware solutions and current limitations in the field of multimedia production. To provide basic skills to permit students to use these technologies in other undergraduate courses and in postgraduate pursuits; to create an awareness of social and ethical forms of production and of channels for distributing digital video work.
2.2 Learning Objectives
After successfully completing this course you should be able to:
1. PRE-PRODUCTION
1.1 Write a short script and production documents
1.2 Pre-produce a short digital video production
2. PRODUCTION
2.1 Produce a short digital video production
3. POST-PRODUCTION
3.1 Post-produce a short digital video clip
4. DVD PRODUCTION
4.1 Compile and burn a video DVD containing multiple multimedia elements
Outline of Lecture content:
Teaching Week 1
Thursday 24th July
Lecture 1
Course overview
Story, Script and Genre
Teaching Week 2
Thursday 31st July
Lecture 2
Directing and Producing Digital Video
Teaching Week 3
Thursday 7th August
Lecture 3
Writing, Directing and Producing the Documentary
Teaching Week 4
Thursday 14th August
Lecture 4
The Frame: Mise en Scene and Cinematography
A very useful resource for continuity editing, mise en scene and cinematography is the Yale film studies web site
Teaching Week 5
Thursday 21st August
Lecture 5
Cinematography: Lighting
Teaching Week 6
Thursday 28th August
Lecture 6
See also the Yale film studies web site
Teaching Week 7
Thursday 4th September
Lecture 7
Editing: The Relation of Shot to Shot
The following are some tutorials and infomation about the editing programs we are using.
Have a glance through them to see which best fit your needs before reading thoroughly.
for video tutorials for all applications see video tuts for imovie '08, garage band and idvd
imovie 6 hd tutorial (works for hd and has more effects possibilities - written manual)
You will have done the tutorial in imovie 8.
We have since found that for working in hd it is necessary to use imovie 6.
Also that it has more effects, such as reverse motion slow and fast motion and transfer of colour to black and white.
But if you wish to work in imovie 8:
The following are examples of what you will find on the site above
see manuals page above for more
imovie 8 manual (getting started)
for a list of videoand tutorials and manuals see also imovie tutorial
also here is an article by Jeff Carlson about how to get imovie 8 to work for you. It appears that imovie 8 can't work with multiple tracks;
in face it is more flexible when working with multiple tracks. But the article warns that imovie '08 still has a long way to bo with editing audio.
Teaching Week 8
Thursday 11th September
Lecture 8 Editing Techniques in Action
Transitions and Postproduction Effects
Teaching Week 9
Thursday 18th September
Lecture 9
Sound Design for postproduction
An excellent resource for sound design is
For this week's prac see
See video tutorials for all apple applications (Same as that recommended in week 7 above)
Betty Boop Source (you'll need to save to computer then open with vlc)
Teaching Week 10
Thursday 25th September
Lecture 10
Post synching
Mid Semester Break 29th September - 3rd October
Teaching Week 11
Thursday 9th October
Lecture 11
Recording to Non-linear Media
Basic Video Export to DVD (iDVD)
Student presentation of work in progress and critique
Teaching Week 12
Thursday 16th October
Lecture 12
Outlets for Digital Video Work: Industry Structure, Funding Bodies, Outlets for Digital Video Work
Student presentations of work in progress and critique.