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| Steps Producing a Video |
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| Written by phoenix |
| Sunday, 16 March 2008 10:14 |
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1. I hear a song on the radio that sparks an idea of a scene or two that would accompany that part of the song well. 2. I go look up the lyrics for the song on Google. Normally I know the artist and just type in their name and lyrics. If you didn't know the name of the song you could search for a line or two from the song. 3. I read through the lyrics and in my head try to put scenes with the lyrics. At this point I'm not concerned with timing, just whether or not the song is a good choice. If it looks like it will work I continue. 4. The next step is to time the song. I mark the start of each line. I also mark the beginning and end of long musical interludes. This gives me and idea of clip lengths I will need. 5. At this point I will generally print the lyrics out and annotate scenes I think might be appropriate by hand. It's easier to work with the video editor when you have a piece of paper you can look at. It also allows me to check off which clips I have used so that I don't repeat within the video. This is just my personal preference. 6. Now the real work begins. I extract the scenes I am interested in from DVD. 7. As I'm working I will watch the video in progress to ensure it flows. Every now and then a stray frame shows up and I try to make sure I get all of them before I produce the video. I find I'm not always successful. I also like to wait a day or so between when I finish and when I produce. This soak time allows you to determine if it really works as well as you thought. A beta editor isn't a bad idea either. This person can give you a sanity check on your work. My early vids I stupidly deleted all the clips. I am now smart enough to back them up, so I could fix any problems. One thing I cannot stress enough is to SAVE OFTEN! Especially before you try to play the video from inside the editor. This is where most of the hiccups happen. 8. Once you are happy with the final project I recommend using a bitrate of at least 512 kbps or higher. The two most common sizes are 320x240 pixels and 640X480 pixels. Obviously bigger is better, but sometimes webspace can limit it. The wmv compression is good enough that I can fullscreen a 320x240 vid rendered at 512 kbps and it looks pretty good on my 15.1" screen. Divx is another good compression codec. That's it. Now I have a completed video ready for rendering.The best way to check the vid is to render it at a lower quality, say 256kbps, to check it. When there are a lot of effects the transitions within the preview window can be jerky. Audio and video quality will suffer at this resolution so I recommend using at least 512kbps for the final web version. |