From the course: Video Journalism: Storytelling Techniques
Join today to access over 22,600 courses taught by industry experts.
Selecting effective sound bites - Premiere Pro Tutorial
From the course: Video Journalism: Storytelling Techniques
Selecting effective sound bites
It's tempting to use sound bites to tell your story. That's okay if they're compelling, powerful, or intended to be all or most of the narration. But most of the time sound bites should simply add emphasis, emotion, or opinions. They can set up a topic or drive a message home. They are a good way to use people to help tell your story. The thing is, it's best to keep them short; a maximum of 10 seconds is a good rule of thumb. Think of them as something like exclamation marks. Before I write a story, I review and organize sound bites. To do that I turn them into what are called subclips. This is a feature you can find in most video editing products. Subclips are not separate video files; they're simply pointers, small pieces of data stored in a video editor's project file that includes the name of the subclip, the name of the source clip, and the in and out point timecode values of that subclip. In this video, I'm going to show you how I use Adobe Premiere Pro to create and organize…
Practice while you learn with exercise files
Download the files the instructor uses to teach the course. Follow along and learn by watching, listening and practicing.
Download courses and learn on the go
Watch courses on your mobile device without an internet connection. Download courses using your iOS or Android LinkedIn Learning app.