Digital video editing is now possible for students ranging from elementary through college age. There are a variety of tools available, each with their purpose. Final Cut has become the product to set the standard. Movies and television segments have been produced using the same software you can carry on your laptop.

Today, we will dabble a bit with the software and create a couple of short movies.

Welcome to the Graphic Communications/Graphic Design department at Fresno City College. I hope you benefit from this session.

Craig Polanowski, program lead

Handout Links

agenda (pdf)

shots (pdf)

seven shots (pdf) compliments of Jim Piper

mic -sound quality handout from intro video class (web pages)

lighting handout from intro video class (web pages)

FCP 1 (pdf)

basic editing 2 (pdf)

audio problem? (pdf)

audio crossfade (pdf)

audio keyframe (pdf)

cropping (pdf)

scrolling titles (pdf)

trim tools (pdf)

"moving files" file management exercise (pdf) : This has students print to tape. You could just export .mov files instead. The trick is...where are my files?

Camera controls. Exposure exercise (pdf)

audio cross-cut. Note the poor white balance on one of the clips !

Script info (pdf) compliments of David Whalen

storyboard (pdf)

model release (pdf)

Text

Final Cut Pro 5 H.O.T. , Jordan. ISBN:0-321-37571-8

Final Cut Pro 5 - Apple Training Series ,Weynard. ISBN: 0-321-33481-7

Advanced Editing Techniques in Final Cut Pro 5 , Wohl. ISBN: 0-321-33549-x

Final Cut Pro for Mac OSX -Visual Quickstart Guide , Brenneis. ISBN: 0-321-35025-1

Final Cut Pro 6-Visual QuickPro Guide , Brenneis. ISBN:0-321-50269-8





Web Resources
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ - very nice FREE sound editing program...pc/mac

http://www.nch.com.au/switch/plus.html -an excellent audio file conversion software

del.cio.us - social bookmarking

http://www.atomfilms.com/home.jsp - short movies online

YouTube.com..About 397 listings of video tutorials on Final Cut

A recent Google search turned up 654,000 pages under the listing of Final Cut Pro Tutorials

http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/fcp_homepage_index.html - Ken Stone's page of tutorials and white papers on FCP

http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/finalcutprox.shtml - tutorial movies (you pay)

http://leaders.creativecow.net/product/8 - creative cow tutorials

Lynda.com - acclaimed tutorial material (you pay)