Today we will do more work with Premiere. Follow these steps:
Go to the Prelinger Archive and locate some color footage that has a nostalgic feel. Make sure the clip is at least a few minutes long. From that site, download the video file in H264 format.
Also download this mp3 file.
Create a new Premiere project, and bring the video into the timeline.
Switch to Editing mode
Select the video track, then right/ctrl click on it and choose Unlink
Delete the audio track that is associated with the video
Switch back to Assembly mode, and bring the audio clip that you downloaded into the video.
Switch back to Editing mode
Lock the audio track
Use the razor blade tool to cut the video into small pieces. Use the keyboard V to switch back to the pointer. Use the keyboard C to switch back to the razor. Cut, move pieces around, stretch them to make a bunch of cuts as you listen and trim the clip to match the audio track. Make cuts that create switches between visual elements and that flow with the audio.
When you have the clip editing to match the audio length, Save your project.
Switch to Effect mode in Premier and then experiment with adding the following effects:
- Posterize
- Replicate
- Shadow Highlight (With this one, also experiment with adding a mask--in the Effect Controls under the effect using shapes.)
- Turbulent Displace
- Lighting Effects
You can first experiment with adding these to some of the individual tracks. You can undo effects (or delete them in the Effect Controls).
After you have done some experimenting, switch to Editing mode and in the lower left Project window, select the New Item icon, and then choose Adjustment Layer. Drag the layer from you Project window into the timeline and stretch it over your whole video
Now add one or two effects to the adjustment layer.
As a final touch, add the text of a quote from The Road.
Fine tune things. When finished, export your video in mp4 format, and then upload it to the class site with the Improv Video option.