This document outlines the schedule and activities for a filmmaking workshop on introductory video editing with Adobe Premiere. [1] The day-long workshop covers basic film theory, principal photography, post-production tutorials, and hands-on editing activities. [2] Participants will form groups, plan interviews, shoot footage, and spend the afternoon editing their videos to later upload and share online. [3] The goal is to give participants hands-on experience with all aspects of the filmmaking process from pre-production to distribution.

1. Filmmaking 101
Intro to Video Editing with Adobe Premiere

4. Overview -
10:00 to 10:20 - Introduction/ Basic Film Theory Tutorial
10:20 to 10:40 - Activity 1 - Assign Groups, Pick Subject, Develop Questions
10:40 to 11:00 - Principal Photography Tutorial/ Post Production Tutorial
11:00 to 11:30 - Editing (Pt 1): Organizing Footage
11:30 to 11:45 - Distribution Tutorial
11:45 to 12:00 - Activity 2 - Sign Up To And Develop YouTube Account
12:00 to 12:15 - How To Shoot An Interview Tutorial
12:15 to 2:00 - Film Interviews + Lunch
02:00 to 4:40 - Editing (Pt 2): Cutting the video
04:40 to 5:00 - Activity 3 - Upload video/ Share with the world!

6. 1. Pre-Production - Vision, Directors Treatment,
Beat Sheet, Question List, Release Paper
2. Principal Photography - Shooting, Location
Sound
3. Post-Production - Editing, Effects, Sound,
Titles, Colour, Exporting
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4. Distribution - YouTube, Vimeo, Sharing,
Tagging, Embedding

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11. Pre-Production

14. Vision
• What is your end goal?
• What does it say?
• How does it say it?
• What does it look like?

27. Activity 1
Step 1: Get Into Groups
Step 2: Pick Topic
Nuit Blanche, The Toronto Zoo, The EX, Ontario Place
Step 3: Create Questions

28. BizMedia Video Appearance Release
Date: __________, 2012.
Customer Name:
I ______________________, in consideration of my engagement as a participant
(the receipt and sufficiency of which is acknowledged), hereby sell and deliver to The Biz
Media Inc. and its affiliates (collectively, the “Company”), an irrevocable, perpetual,
universal assignment of all my right, title and interest including, but not limited to,
copyright and other intellectual property rights and all other proprietary and privacy rights
which I may have in any photographs, negative prints, video, illustrations, or other
images in whatever form whatsoever and all related materials created by the Company
or its representatives, in which I am included or depicted (collectively, the “Images”).
This grant includes the irrevocable right for the Company throughout the world to
use, reuse, store, publish, retouch, alter, reproduce, digitize, create derivative works of,
distribute, publicly perform and publicly display the Images in any modified or altered
form, whether or not in conjunction with my name, for inclusion in the Company’s
catalogues, websites and/or press releases. I further consent to the use of any narrative,
sound, audio, text, action, program, effect or other matter that may be used in
connection with the Images and I irrevocably waive any (i) moral rights in the Images
and (ii) right I may have to inspect or approve any of the Images.
Participant’s Name: ________________________________
Participant’s Signature: _____________________________
Guardian/Parent Signature: ______________________

29. Principal Photography

34. Post-Production

38. Shot Types:
ECU = Extreme Close Up
CU = Close Up
MED = Medium
LONG = Long

40. LONG = Long

41. LONG = Long

42. MED = Medium

43. MED = Medium

44. CU = Close Up

45. CU = Close Up

46. ECU = Extreme Close Up

47. ECU = Extreme Close Up

48. Video (Interviews, B-Roll, Sequences)
Interview
Interviewee
Interviewee-ShotType.filetype
B-Roll
By Subject
Subject-ShotType-Action-FileNumber.filetype
Audio bins
Interview
By Name (Day/Location [optional])
Name-Location-audionumber.filetype
Location
Subject-AudioNumber.filetype
Music
song.filetype

49. Titles
TitleName-Version
Sequences (Interviews, Edit)
Interviews
Interview-Name-Version
Edit
Name-Version

50. Activity 2
Editing: Step 1
Organize Footage

51. Distribution

54. Activity 3
Create YouTube Channel

55. How To Shoot An Interview

56. Group 1 records interview footage (20 min)
Group 2 records interview footage (20 min)
Group 3 records interview footage (20 min)
Group 4 records interview footage (20 min)
Group 5 records interview footage (20 min)

57. * Did you do your homework... (Vision/Directors
treatment/ etc.)
* Research - the more you know about the person the
easier it is to connect. Vision + Connection = great
interviews
* Location: best to choose a place that has a relationship
to the person or subject
* Eyeline: what kind of eyeline is the best for your video?

64. Activity 4
Lights, Camera, Action!

65. Job1 - Director
Job 2 - Camera
Job 3 - Audio
Job 4 - Slate & Notes
Job 5 - Interviewee

67. Activity 5
Editing: Step 2
Cutting Your Video

68. Export Settings:
Format – H.264
Preset – YouTube HD 720p 23.976

69. Activity 6
Upload & Share Your Video!

71. #ladieslearningcode
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