Evaluation of city scape.

When I made the short clip of London's city scape I used the package Adobe Premiere Pro. This was the first time I've used this package and at first found it hard and difficult to understand. After a while I found it easier to use and understood the package more which made it easier to edit and make my short clip.

Making this clip we had several things that were vital to include:

-Importing sound tracks and after putting it onto the software
-Importing footage
-Adding and editing tiles
-Adding transitions
-Cutting and editing footage

Importing Soundtracks: To import a soundtrack to your project you enter your work in Premiere Pro then to file import, then choose and click on the track you want to import to your clip. It will then appear in the back at the side of the screen where you can then drag the track onto the clip you have made.

Importing Footage: Adding the footage that I wanted was also from file and then import, it then appears in the back at the side of the screen, i then had all of the footage to choose from at the side where i chose the footage I wanted and dragged it onto the sequence, and cut, edited and rearranged the clip to how i wanted to present it.

Titles: I added titles onto my clip at the beginning. I did this by clicking on the icon that was underneath the bank that has a big square and a little square on top of it. You then name the title which you want it to say when it comes up onto your clip and press ok. There is then another step where you then choose what font, colour and size you want for your title. When choosing a smaller screen of your clip will appear which gives you a better view of where you want to place your title and in what position etc. This is then in the bank ready to drag onto your clip.

Adding Transitions: Adding transitions to my clip made it better and makes it more interesting and eye catching to watch. This wasn't as hard as the other edits to the lip as all you had to do was click on the effects slide in the bottom left corner under the bank which you then have video transitions among other folders, clicking on the folder it also came up with many to choose from. I chose a transition that suited my video and also one that looked right entering and exiting the clip.

Cutting and Editing Footage: The footage I chose to have in my clip also needed to be cut and fitted better with the following clips that I also chose to include. To do this you click on the razor tool where to use this you have to find what part of the clip you want to cut and click on the area, then one side of the clip becomes highlighted and the other side of the clip which you have chose to mark is not, where you then decide what bit you want to keep. You then return to the set of tools and take the normal curser and click again on the bit you want to delete and press the delete key on the keyboard to cut the part you do not need.

My clip was mainly just a little experiment of the Adobe Premiere Pro package and for first time using I feel that I managed and understood it quite well. I tried to make my clip as interesting as possible and cut and put together the clips and fitted them together as best as I could. If I had to repeat and do the task again I would have used more clips then just of scenes from London and also used more effects to make it better and more eye catching to the audience. As I become more confident on Premiere Pro my editing skills will become more advanced and I will be able to know how to put effects and transitions on the projects that I do. I think that my next clip that I make and edit will definitely be better and more advanced as I have had more use of the package and know how to add effects and transitions etc to my clips.