Editing in Premiere

Now that I have finished filming my footage, voice overs and any other images which will be included in my documentary I will start putting it all together in Adobe Premiere. Before editing, adding effect or backgrounds I cut the footage I took into different sections to divided them and remove any unwanted footage.

Green Screen
For the green screen background I decided to place the users own privacy settings. 

Example of what it looks like in the video, I placed the interviewees on one side so that the viewers can see the option that they selected for their privacy. 

Interviews
In my documentary I will use the interviews I carried out in the studio, I will cut the interviews into smaller clips and group them according to the question that was asked. Instead of having my voice in the interview asking the questions I have decided to cut myself out.

Music
Apart from my voice overs I am also using music in the background. Instead of using songs with lyrics I will be using instrumental versions of them in order to not distract users from the voice overs or the interview answers.

Song
The Darkness- I believe in a thing called love Instrumental Version Fedjudas Mix 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw_7gWqsk7c

I decided to only have one song as I didn't want to combine two songs which did not go together therefore once the song had finished I copied it onto the audio track again using a fading technique in order to blend it in with the rest of the song. During my documentary I had the music fading in and out depending on the section of the video. The parts where I just had images displayed I had the music playing loud although I would fade it out when any voice overs or interviews were playing.

Voice Overs
I imported my voice-overs onto Premiere unfortunately many of my files couldn't be used as my pronunciations on somethings weren't correct such as the letter P. When I would pronounce the letter P it would form a popping sound. I therefore had to go back and re-record some of the voice overs again.

Before re-recording my voice-overs i had a look for tips to avoid having the same problem again. Below is the website I had a look at:
http://blog.timcurran.com/?p=208

Some one my voice overs weren't very loud so I amplified them in audacity to make them louder. I also changed the speed of them as most were too slow in pace.




Effects
I didn't add many effects to my documentary only just the audio and film transitions from one clip to another. For the audio I used the Constant Gain audio transition all throughout, this blend my music sections from louder to softer or from softer to louder. The video transitions had some different effects most clips had the film dissolve. At the beginning of my documentary I used a page flip on the Facebook logo followed by the page peel on the images appearing during the voice over introduction. 




Audio and film transitions:

Film Dissolve from one clip to another:

Images
In my documentary I've added images of statistics backing up my voice overs.
Facebook Timeline Features:
http://files.www.pr2020.com/Facebook-Timeline-Features-process-s650x488.jpg

Identity:
http://i-cdn.apartmenttherapy.com/uimages/unplggd/042611identity2.jpg

Regretted Posting Content chart:

http://turnstylenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/chart-1.jpg

Privacy Gender Gap:

http://marketingland.com/wp-content/ml-loads/2012/02/Profile-Privacy-600x354.jpg

Facebook Users Grouped By Age

http://60secondmarketer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/FacebookUseByAge.001.jpg

End Credits
Since I didn't know how to create end credits I looked up a video on www.youtube.com to guide me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88QYkLXicVY

I decided to create my credits with a white background instead of black as most of my images have a white background. I displayed the interviewees names, the song that I used and my details.

Exporting

Once my blog was complete I exported it out of Premiere. I clicked on file, export media and the window appeared with all the exporting options. Below are the exporting options that I had chosen for my project. 

Format: H.264

Preset: Pal DV

Multiplex Tab: MP4, Standard

Video Tab: Pal

Frame Rate: 25

Field Order: None

Aspect Ratio: Widescreen

Filming, Interviews, Voice-Overs

Interviews
I filmed the interviews in the AV studio where I used the green screen in order to then be able to add a separate background instead of the original background where it was shot at. My intentions where to have a Facebook privacy settings page set out behind the person being interviewed although seeing as the information gathered in the interviews are about the individuals profile I might either display their own privacy setting or their Facebook profile.

Voice Overs
I used the studio in order to record the voice overs using a gun microphone. I placed 2 boards forming a triangle shape with a chair in the middle for the person talking into the microphone to sit on. This was to block any other sound which the microhone might pick up on. I recorded them using Audacity as one whole file and then edited them into small ones to then be able to palce them separatley in premiere. Before I exported the files I increased the volume as some of the clips werent very loud.


Gun Microphone:
Below I have displayed an image of a gun microphone which is what I used to record my voice-overs. 
http://www.mveducation.com/assets/products/9370_l.jpg

Voice Recording:

Below I have displayed a diagram of how we set out the studio to record our voice overs for our documentaries.

Audacity:

Below is a screen shot of Audacity and some of my voice recording after I amplified my voice recording to be louder.  

Now that I have completed my filming the next step is to edit all the footage and create my documentary. 

Cyber Bullying

Even though I have researched Facebook and its privacy settings I have also looked at cyberbullying which is one of the dangerous aspects of exposing yourself on the web. Cyberbullying is referred to bullying carried out through technological devices either being the web, phones, ipods; this can consist on written messages to deliberately threaten or hurt someones feelings. This type of bullying can also consist of photos, videos, emails, blogs etc... Rumours are also spread this way in order for more people to find out and dislike this person which in many cases leads to all of them ganging up on them. The use of of social networking sites are great to share events in our lives with friends and family members but exposing yourself in these sites is very dangerous. Many people don't realise how dangerous cyberbullying is in some cases it has lead to deaths.

Forms of Cyberbullying

There are different forms of cyberbullying theses are explained below:

• Instant messaging

Threatening messages are sent from this form of communication sometimes people don't realise how bad they are as they are not actually being said in person just by a technological device.

• Logging into someone else's account without their consent

In many cases users have given out their passwords to friends, family members etc... This results to people logging into their account and pretending to be the other person, they tend to insult people and post inappropriate comments, pictures etc... Giving out passwords to other uses have resulted to people being blocked out of their own accounts as their passwords have been changed or the inappropriate content has resulted the website into disabling their account.

• webites, blogs

These forms of communication have been used to bully people as it has a very wide audience and therefore many people will see what is being posted not just a minor amount. Facebook pages have been created to insult other people, personal information along with pictures to identify the person are posted this is also a form of ruining their reputation and getting more people to hate them.

• Using emails and phones to send information

These forms of communication are normally used to contact people although it is also used to send inappropriate pictures, videos of people they may know in order to embarrass them. Unfortunately methods of communicating such as these can be sent to hundreds of people and they can then themselves resend the message to more people resulting in everyone seeing it. Many of these pictures aren't posed with the intent of having them sent to everyone in many cases people are in locker rooms or their own homes when predators are looking to capture them at their most personal time. These forms of communication are even used to send hacking software and virus codes to victims. Programs such as the Trojan Horse allow bullies to control their victims computer information or even the stuff they do.

• Interactive gaming online with games consoles

Many devices nowadays such as the PlayStation 3 and X-box live have the ability to allow users to play against others online. The even allow the 2 gamers to communicate to each other online using the chat facility or the Internet phone which tends to be a headset you wear as your playing the game. Unfortunately with gaming users are very competitive and tend to insult and be verbally abusive to the other players.

Prevention

In order to prevent cyberbullying people need to be told about the consequences that will occurr if they aree involved in cyberbullying. They should also be taught to not tolerate bullying and help prevent it if they personally see if on something such as their Facebook homepage. 

Resources

http://www.stopcyberbullying.org/

Research On Facebook and its Privacy Settings

Here I will look at research on Facebook's new layout and privacy settings as its something that has been on the news quite often.

New Facebook Layout (Timeline)

Facebook has now updated their user profile layout to what is known as a timeline. Unfortunately by updating profiles to timeline privacy settings have changed. I've noticed that there are less options to making specific areas of your profile private. Now users can upload a cover photo apart from their profile picture, this image cannot be set to private therefore any Facebook user will be able to see it even if your not friends with them. The timeline is purposely to be able to go back in time and see the users interaction within days, weeks, months and years ago. If this isn't limited in the privacy settings people can track what the user has posted and been tagged in the past. The previous Facebook layout was very simple; posts, images where displayed underneath each other therefore users would find them easily. The new timeline displays things next to each other, they also tend to group things which leads to users being confused as the most recent posts on their profiles is displayed all over the place. I personally have experienced this I sometimes find it hard to find posts displayed on my profile sometimes I'm not even notified that I have a post.


Below is a link on an article of someone who changed their Facebook privacy settings due to their job and invasion of privacy by people whom he knew professionally. In the professional world Facebook is used to judge how people behave therefore people who have their bosses or work companions need to be careful on what they post on their profiles as it can have an affect on their job opportunities. 

• http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/how-to-effectively-manage-your-facebook-privacy-settings-with-l/

Privacy Settings

Below are Facebook statistics gathered in 2010 and 2011:

• Facebook had 500,000,000 users who are logged onto their profile at any given time.
• Average Facebook user will have around 130 friends or more.
• 40% of 18-34 year old Facebook users will check their profiles in the morning mainly when they wake up.
• 28% of these users check their profiles before they get out of bed in the morning.
• 74% of Facebook users are 18-24 year olds.
• 30% of Facebook users are 35+ years old, this percentage is increasing. 
• More than 700 billion minutes are spent on Facebook per month.
• 20 million applications and games are installed daily.
• More than 200 million people use Facebook on their phone.
• 48% of young users use Facebook to find out news about anything.
• Within 20 minutes Facebook has around 1 million links shared, 2 million friend requests accepted or declined, around 3 million inboxes or posts are sent,1,484,000 event invites, 1,851,000 status updates, 1,323,000 tagged photos, 2,716,000 uploaded photos, 1,587,000 wall posts, 10,208,000 comments.
• In 2010 there were many changes in relationship statues: 43,869,800 changed to single, 3,025,791 changed to it's complicated, 36,774,801 changed to married, 28,460,516 changed to in a relationship and 5,974,574 changed to engaged. 

I've researched different websites on Facebook's privacy settings from the researched gathered I found several facts generated from studies carried out:

• 11% of Facebook users have regretted posting several content on their profiles or others (i.e. friends). 15% of males regret posting content compared to 8% of females.
• Around 48% men in 2011 seem to have public profiles whereas 67% women have private profiles. 
• Younger generations tend to keep their privacy settings up to date whereas older generations don't, this could also be due to not using Facebook often.

Resources

• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/20/social-media-privacy-infographic_n_1367223.html
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14633427
• http://www.digitalbuzzblog.com/facebook-statistics-stats-facts-2011/

Research on Adobe Premiere

During Class we covered several features of Adobe Premiere although we didn't cover things in depth therefore I have researched into it further.

Exporting

There are several types of exporting methods in premiere depending on the method used to allow an audience to view it. This also depends if any further editing that needs to be carried out after premiere. 


Some of the different types of exporting have been displayed below:

• Exporting a file with intention to edit them further: files can be edited using other software programs. Premiere pro allows users to directly export their project to Adobe Media Encoder which renders the files.
• Exporting for Blu-ray, DVD and SWF: any project created in premiere can be sent to Adobe Encore to then be able to be converted for DVD and Blue-ray use.
• Exporting projects to other programs/systems: projects can be exported into EDL files which allow other programs to editing the project. 
• Exporting projects to hardware (videotape): projects can be exported on to tapes with a supported VTR, this allows users to have edits for screening using VTRs. 
• Exporting to different types of devices and electronics: projects can now be imported on websites and devices such as mobile phones, HD TV, iPods etc...

Videos

Looking at different learning styles, I learnt best by watching tutorials and then carrying them out therefore instead of looking at so much research in text format I watched several videos on Adobe Premiere and exporting.

• Basic Features of Adobe Premiere: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxwPfvQPMDM&feature=related
• Exporting Projects: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq04bVm7Uj8
• Editing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfXtSaDRydA
• Adding Effects with a green screen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxmq-QJFJec
• Adding Effects: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4PboMzAHIE&feature=related

Resources

• http://help.adobe.com/en_US/PremierePro/4.0/WSF39C063F-6168-40ef-B854-6853E88AF1B5.html
• www.youtube.com

My Storyboard

Below I have displayed a storyboard of how I want my captions to appear in my documentary. In my first caption I will display the Facebook logo with music in the background in order for the audience to have an idea of what the documentary is about. The second caption will also have music/ voice over playing as a user is looking at their Facebook, here the audience will see the notifications etc... The third caption is the users privacy settings and the options the users have on what they want to keep private or public. This is then followed by the interviews (captions 4 and 5), the questions will be displayed on screen with either a voice over saying the question or music playing. This is then followed by the interviewee answering the question with their own privacy setting displayed as a background. I will have several people being interviewed in order to obtain different opinions. In the sixth caption I will have a user on their Facebook but this time showing an example on how to block a person/post etc... More interviews will be carried out in the structure I explained previously. Caption 7 and 8 will display an example of a private and pubic Facebook profile with a voice over them. Caption 9 will be another set of answers from and interview this time instead of having the interviewee in focus they are out of focus and the background is in focus. 

Caption 10 will be showing the users information page and how much personal information they expose on their profile, this will have a voice over running in the background. Caption 11 will be the interviewees making a statement in order to make people aware of privacy on Facebook. Caption 12 will have the Facebook logo with a bold statement displayed. 

Planning

After looking at storyboards I looked at planning and the things I should consider before actually filming my documentary.


Below is a list of elements that will be essential to include in my documentary:

• Title
• Names
• Credits
• Copyright
• Graphics
• Video footage- long shot, close up's etc...
• Lighting- 3 point lighting, bcd light etc...
• Audio- voice over's, sound effects, music, different microphone techniques

Tips when filming 

Below I have displayed tips and methods I found which will guide me in making my documentary look more interesting and appealing to viewers. 

Camera Focusing

Focusing on several aspects of the subject matter will make your documentary look more interesting to the audience. Areas with a lot of detail (i.e. eyes) should be focused on using the zoom option. Avoid using the auto focus in cameras as it gives you less control on what you would like to focus on as instead on focusing on your subject the auto focus seems to focus on other areas of the shot. Macro setting in cameras are useful for focusing on objects up close or even small objects or areas. Also shooting out of focus will cause a blurry effect and this can result in the subject coming across as mysterious as you can't see the full detail of the caption (i.e. facial features). 

White Balance

White balance is important as it analyses the colour temperature of the light and then finds the right balance for producing the best result. If a caption, image etc has not been white balanced properly will result in an image not having the right shade of colour and light. 

Keeping your camera steady

Avoiding movements in the camera (i.e.shaking) is essential as movements in footage will distort images and make it seem unprofessional and amateur. A tripod is an ideal method for placing a camera and producing a steady shot throughout. 

Resources

http://www.sotherden.com/video101/storyboard.htm