INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL EDITING

1/ Remember the exercise with smiling face and kids / crash? Editing is the most basic, powerful tool for creating meaning (creating and manipulating language) of film / cinema / moving images. How can we actually do this?

2/ A Little History:

LINEAR EDITING

Film editing (still used)

Analog video editing

2/ Present Day:

NON-LINEAR EDITING

Digital, non-sequential (like word processing)

3/ Introduction to Mechanics of Editing (using Movie Maker)

Always the same steps, regardless of specific platform:

1/ Shoot

2/ Capture on (import to) Computer (format pblms)

3/ Edit on Computer

4/ Create final version on computer

5/ Export to DVD, web etc. for viewing.

4/ Go through the various steps (except shoot)

· Load the software

· Take a quick tour

· Download some material from the Web (give addresses on course website). Bring in video and images if you like. FORMAT PROBLEMS .mov , .wmv, .mpg, .divX, high def …

· Find and add some music (Portishead example). Import in the same way

· Play with putting things on the timeline, moving them around, cutting them (the essence of editing), and adding transitions

· Export (and upload to youtube if you like), or save as low res and email it

5/ What can we do with movie maker?

Show two examples of films (chronos animation and rap eraser) NOTE : NO ACTUAL VIDEO IN EITHER

6/ Watch part of Tarnation in class