SUMMATIVE: Audio
Project Brief
Film and edit a 1-minute video with narration, music, and a sound effect.
Prompt options
What’s in Your Backpack? -- show off and talk about 3 items from your backpack.
What Have You Created? -- show off and talk about 3 different things you've created (ex: drawings)
Record Your Video with a Voiceover
On Video Pass or in the studio, use your camera to record yourself showing and talking based on your chosen prompt.
Your recording needs to be less than 45 seconds.
Remember your microphone needs to be plugged in and pointed at your voice when you are talking.
Connect Headphones
Either connect your own headphones or borrow a pair from the cabinet.
Download Music
Go to Pixabay.com/music
Find a song to go with your video and click "Download"
Download a Sound Effect
Go to: pixabay.com/sound-effects/
Watch your video and figure out what sound effect you could add, either to the video or as a transition.
Download.
Organize Files
Set Up Finder
Go to your Finder in your dock.
Select the "Columns" icon or choose "as Columns" in the dropdown list.
Select "Kind" the next dropdown to the right.
Rename Audio files
In Finder, open Downloads
Click on a file, then click again (or click "return" on your keyboard) to edit the name.
Rename your downloaded files to:
Music
Sound Effect
Make "Summative" Folder and Move Files
Go to your Finder in your dock.
Navigate to your "My Drive" > "Video Production" > "5 - Audio
Right-click in the "5 - Audio" folder blank space and click "New Folder"
Right-click on "Downloads" and click "Open in new tab"
Move the audio files from your "Downloads" to your "Summative" tab
Next open your SD card and move your video file to the "Summative" tab.
New Project, Rename & Import
Open Premiere Pro and click "New Project"
Name your project "Audio Summative"
Click "Home" on the left menu
Navigate to "My Drive" > "Video Production" > "5 - Audio"
Select your "Summative" folder to select all the files.
Click "Create"
Edit
Edit your video as practiced in "Editing Audio Practice":
Your video needs to be less than 1 minute in total
You need at least 3 audio tracks
Tag all tracks (video audio - dialogue, music, sound effect - SFX)
Loudness: Auto-Match
Duck your music against your dialogue.
Optional: add text
Save Your Project
In the top menu, click "File" > "Save"
Screenshot Your Editing Timeline
Zoom in vertically (drag the circle on the right down a little) so that you can see all the audio tracks as well as your ducking keyframes on your music.
Take a screenshot (cmd + shift + 5, capture)
Move SCreenshot
Move your screenshot to your "My Drive" > "5 - Audio" > "SUMMATIVE" folder
Export Your Video
In the top tabs, click "Export"
Rename the "File Name" to "Audio Summative"
Make sure the blue hyperlink next to "Location" is saving to your "Summative" folder in "5 - Audio"
Click Export in the bottom right corner.
Submit Google Drive Link to Canvas
In Finder:
Right-click on "Video Production" and click "Copy link to clipboard"
Paste the link in Canvas.
