Adobe Premiere Pro

Other Ways of Adding Shots to a Timeline

Let’s set this up.

• Fire up the next project, which I’ve already created for you.

You’ll find it in Lesson 2 > EditAScene > 05_Project > EditAScene.prproj. Note that I’ve already added three bins, for Video, Music, and Sequences. There are four shots in the Video bin.

Mentally Plan the Edit

First, it might be helpful to watch the four shots in the Video bin so you know what we’re working with. Do so in the Source Monitor.

While I personally have a “dive right in” mentality when it comes to working, you may benefit from planning your edit a little. Here’s what we have to work with: a wide shot of the whole scene, a medium shot (MS for short) of Taylor speaking, an MS of Ben speaking, and a close-up (CU) ...