Chapter 4
Sorting Out the Elements of Video Production
IN THIS CHAPTER…
Mixing standard and HD video
Breaking down video formats
Exploring video production fundamentals
Shooting better video for smoother editing
Putting together your movie shares similarities with working on a jigsaw puzzle. Both have numerous pieces that need assembly, and although moviemaking generally has fewer pieces than a puzzle (which can have hundreds or even thousands of pieces), both can be so intense that getting all of the elements together can be a struggle.
But fear not! Assembling and editing your movie in Premiere Pro begins with understanding how each piece of the process works with the other pieces. This means that knowing the basics of camera work, understanding file formats, and knowing how to perform video capture all become part of the bigger picture.
Defining Digitized Video
Back in the day, video editing consisted of recording excerpts from one tape to another to assemble the sequence in the order it should play. Movies were assembled in linear order, joining strips of film together to ...
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