Studio Interview Project Process and Rubric:
1. Copy Video from the VS1- Telecom Video-Import Capture-Your Name folder to the Desktop-Your Name Teacher Interview Project.
2. Create a New Project in Final Cut saved to your Desktop- Your Name Teacher Interview Project named Interview with Jack Douglass Steve Douglass 4.9.09.
3. File-Import the video from the desktop-
4. Right Click on the video file, go down to Item Properties- Format… click right below NTSC and check marks should appear next to Anamorphic- this will make your video look like the 16x9 format
5. Watch through your interview in the Viewer to see what you have to keep and cut out- remember you want this to be tight and interesting.
6. Select the In point [ ( ] and Out point [ ) ] of the different questions that you would like to keep and drag them down to the timeline.
7. Organize your clips on the timeline to tell your story. Remember try not to include the question so the story flows more naturally.
8. Trim your clips to make sure the ideas flow- this is hard to do well, so take your time and ask for your partner’s help to make sure things work.
9. In Google Sites create a text box to create a Shot Sheet: 25 points – insert this below your questions under the "Teacher Interview Project" page
Shot Sheet Example- SHOOT 3 TIMES AS MUCH
10. Capture B-roll, on your own tape, into a NEW Final Cut project called Your Name Capture and save it on the Telecom Video-Import Capture-Your folder. Then copy JUST the MOV files to your desktop- Your folder and then Import them into your Interview project.
11. Place all of your b-roll on Video 2, 3 or 4- utilize the natural audio if it helps, but don’t let it confuse the interview audio.
Rough Cut Critique: 25 points – Tuesday April 28
13. Dissolve all of you B-roll with the Cross Dissolves in and out of your interview.
14. When you have your interview Final, EXPORT your project to SOUNDTRACK to take out the buzz in the background. Use the Effects tab in the lower left panel to find which efffect works to help your audio sound clean. Here is a great way to help your interview audio created by Hayden McAfee at http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfrs8mnr_136cm5dqjdr
Then go to Export (make sure it's an AIFF file) and name it yourname-audio back to FCP. Create your own Soundtrack music bed. Remember music needs to complement, not distract.
15. Create a title at the end of your interview that matches the feel of your project.
Peer Critique: 25 points— Friday May 1
16. Export your video to the Telecom Video-Final Projects- Your Hour- Interview Project
17. Burn your project in iDVD by Creating a New Project and saving it to your folder (make sure it is Widescreen (16x9)
18. Click on the first icon on the middle of the menu (that looks like an alien) and then drag your video from the Finder to the first box.
19. On the bottom left, click on the i with the circle around it- which lets you customize your DVD menu.
20. Then preview it by hitting play on the bottom right and then burn, which is the next icon to the right of the play button.
Final Project Due to DVD by the end of class period Wednesday May 6.