My First Premier Pro Editing Project

We started off this project learning how to use a camera in manual mode, going through the settings to make sure our camera was accurately set up for filming and learning about the exposure triangle. The exposure triangle consists of three components; ISO, aperture and shutter speed. ISO affects the light sensitivity, with a higher ISO giving a grainier look to your image and a lower ISO giving a cleaner image. Aperture affects the depth of field with it being determined by an opening letting in an amount of focused light through the lens. The smaller the aperture number the larger it's opened meaning it will let more light through than a larger f-stop. A smaller f-stop also gives a blurrier depth of field than a larger f-stop which makes the depth of field visible. Shutter speed is the speed in which the curtain opens then closes, when filming we keep this at 50.

Once we knew how to make sure our shots were properly exposed and established basic control of the camera and how a tripod is safely set up we began filming. We started with static shots and then started with moving shots, experimenting with depth of field and exposure both inside and out.

Finally we began the editing process. It began with us transferring our footage onto the computers and then moving that onto premier pro. Firstly we made three 'bins' inside our new file - these were: Footage, Audio and Titles - and transferred our footage into the footage bin. I then learnt how to begin basic editing techniques including how to access the transitions, fade in and out and add audio. When adding the audio we went over the importance of copyright and what kind of sounds can be used when creating your own film, finishing with adding a title and a rolling end credit.


The last thing we did was export our film looking through the different formats and then uploading it to YouTube.



Our finished product makes use of all the features needed to have a basic knowledge of using Premier Pro and a camera when in manual. We used various amounts of different shot types to experiment with depth of field. The most successful shot in my opinion is the first shot, focusing on the bars and having the background blurry whilst still being able to make out what is going on. The most unsuccessful shot was in the corridor, this is because it is extremely out of focus.

In order to improve next time I will remember to render the project before exporting to ensure that it is at its highest possible quality.