Voiceover Exercise, due by class on Tuesday September 27

ASSIGNMENT TWO: Voiceover. Produce a short (3 minute max) video on your selected film using your own voiceover. The voiceover should relay an anecdote, tell a joke, read from some piece of writing, or otherwise provide an independent channel of material not overtly related to your film. The content can be your own original material or reading something others have written / spoken. The project must also incorporate some sound from the film itself. Video should be one continuous sequence from the film; duration and/or scale can be manipulated, but it should include no new video edits.

  • Introduction to Voiceover Tool
    • Premiere Pro CC -> Preferences -> Audio Hardware
      • Sample Rate – 48000 Hz
      • Built in Mic
    • Timeline Display Settings
      • Expand All Tracks (Command / Option / Shift with + or – keys)
      • Locate “Voice-Over Record” icon
      • Mute External Speakers – Feedback Loop
      • Position Playhead
      • Click on the “Voice-Over Record icon
      • Levels should be between -12db and -6db.
    • Working with a scratch track
    • Troubleshooting
      • Check System Preferences -> Sound
        • Confirm System Input and Output are set.
  • Recording via phone or other recorder

    • Extra step of importing audio
      • Ingest – Copy
  • Premiere Pro – Basic Audio Editing
    • Working with Multiple Audio Tracks
    • Organization
      • A1 – Source Clip Audio
      • A2 – Voiceover Audio
    • Displaying Waveforms
      • On by default and located in “Timeline Display Settings”
      • Expand Track
    • Volume Adjustments
      • Click and drag the connector line in the audio track to adjust the volume up or down.
      • Right Click on the audio track choose “Adjust Gain”
      • Keyframes and the Pen Tool
        • Command Click the connector line in the audio track or
        • Chose the Pen Tool from the Toolbar
          • Click the connector line where you want to add keyframes
        • Should have two or more keyframes to adjust levels
      • Audio Transitions
        • Default Transitions
          • Right Click in the timeline
        • Effects Tab
          • Click and Drag to the timeline
          • “Fill Right with Left” may come in handy to convert mono recordings to stereo output.
        • Manipulating Transitions
          • Double click the transition to adjust the duration
        • Recommended Audio Levels
          • Voiceover -12db to -6db
  • Premiere Pro – Duration and Scale
    • Manipulating Clip Speed
      • Speed/Duration
        • Right click on a clip and select “Speed/Duration”
        • Linked vs Unlinked
        • Maintain Audio Pitch
      • Rate Stretch Tool
        • Located in the Toolbar – Click and drag the end of a clip to the desired length.
      • Time Remapping
        • Right Click the upper left “fx” box on a clip in the timeline and select “Time Remapping -> Speed”
        • Add Keyframes
        • Pull Down to slow down
        • Pull Up to speed up
        • Optical Flow
      • Manipulating Position and Scale
        • Double click on a clip
        • Browse to the “Effect Controls” Tab
        • Twirl down the “Scale” triangle
        • Toggle Animation On
        • Set a starting keyframe and an ending keyframe
        • Set a scale value at the starting keyframe and a different value at the ending keyframe.