I cannot figure out how to organize my videos, how to take clips from several different video recordings and splice them together to form a moive...can anyone help?
Hi,
The way I approach this is to think about the material that I have. Then I think about what story I want to tell with my material. Next, I bring in the video I think relates to that story. Next, I start to cut out scenes that are not part of the story. Then I look at what I have and think to myself "will this be interesting to my audience?" If the answer is no, I cut some more out. Once I have some basic material to work with, I start thinking about the intro, the transitions, the sound track and so on. I then think about what effects and transitions will help with the story. (Always think of the story you want to tell). Don't over do it with transitions and effects just because you can. Use transitions and effects to help you tell your story. Add sound tracks that help create the mood of the story. But always, always, always know what story you want to tell and try to tell it in the right amount of time. Too many people want to show everything they shot and it becomes boring and redundant. Don't fall in to that trap. Less is better.
Please ask more questions if this did not help or you want more information.
Good Luck
Hi,
Tell me a little more about when you said "I need to wait for the season to be over" I am not sure what you mean by that. What is the season? As for coverting your video files to data, do you mean importing the files from your camera to your computer?
Hi
I am assuming you are new to video editing (if not apologies) so :-
Search the Internet for 'Video Editing Basics' and familiarise yourself with the terms and principles used. It does not matter too much which software the tutorials refer to as it is the principles you want.
You will find a selection of introductory 'tutorials' slides and videos which will give you a good foundation of the principles involved and ideas of how to tell a story. (There are also some rubbish ones as well!)
I found several topics which say non linear editing is difficult - in my opinion it is easier then the older linear editing, because you can go back and make changes as you go along and correct mistakes easier and quicker.
Movie Edit Pro is a non linear editor and providing you get the basic priciples and start with easy steps first you will quickly get the hang of it.
Get the basics and then start putting your video together - there is no need to wait for the end of the season because if you are going to tell a story you already have the opening scenes
As George says take it easy on effects and transitions, look at TV programmes and films and see how they are put together - you will be surprised how few transitions and effects they actually use.
I use few transitions and in a specific way as follows: -
Fade through black - to change the subject or from one time period (day, week,month etc) to another.
Crossfade and variations of the crossfade - to go from one shot to another in the same subject - gives continuity
Cut - rarely use this except when changing view from one point to another of the same object eg building, bridge etc
Also let us know which camera you are using and your computer specification so we can give you a head start if there are any problems with importing your video.
Happy editting, and as George says 'Please ask more questions if this did not help or you want more information.'
Hope this helps
John
Hi,
To help get you started, here is a very basic tutorial I created a few months ago for a user who was new to editing video.
Let me know if it helps or if you have any questions