Tech 1: Premiere Proxy Workflow Session (90 min)

Instructor intro: Instructor introduces themself with their name, pronouns, and position/area.
Show the FTV Production Website and emphasize that the tech calendar is at the bottom of that page. What’s on the website will always be the most up-to-date and accurate.
Show the Post Production Page on the Website, and discuss how to get help.
Show Google Classroom for this class.
Go over how to find assistance at the PPC.

Derived (a.k.a. transcoded) from high-quality media
Requires fewer resources (storage space, computer power, etc.) in some way than the original high-quality media
Used for editing, with the intention of relinking to the original high-quality media for color-grading, VFX, and exporting

When the original media is too high of a resolution (e.g. UHD or 4K) to achieve smooth playback without stuttering or dropped frames
When the original media is too complex of a format (e.g. RAW) for smooth playback without stuttering or dropped frames

Ensure everyone has a dedicated proxies folder separate from their original media folders.

Walk everyone through copying the sample media from the Tech Media server to their external drives (or to the computer’s media drive if they forgot to bring their external ones).

Launch Premiere, create a new project, and give an overview of how proxies work within Premiere.

Proxies must have the exact same number of audio channels as the high-quality media, otherwise Premiere won’t recognize the connection (important if you’re creating proxies outside of Premiere)
Premiere treats the proxies and high-quality media as the same, single clip, and you simply toggle between which one you’re viewing in the Source and Program monitors while editing

Ensure the Toggle Proxies button is visible below the Source and Program monitors
Create a bin for footage
Ensure the Proxy column is visible in the bins

Import the high-quality media into the project and create a test proxy from a single clip to confirm everything will work correctly.

Show how Premiere stutters and drops frames when playing back the high-quality media (use the MXF clip “M002C005”)
Explain why it’s necessary to create a test proxy before processing all your media (the built-in presets usually succeed at maintaining the original media’s aspect ratio, but it’s not guaranteed; vertical footage is a notable exception)
Explain why to always use QuickTime instead of H.264 (H.264 requires the computer to perform more work to calculate each frame, defeating the purpose of making proxies)
Explain the differences between the “High”, “Medium”, and “Low” ProRes proxy presets (different resolutions)
Emphasize setting the proxy destination to a dedicated proxies folder on the external drive

Test the proxy by loading the clip into the Source monitor and toggling proxies on and off to confirm there are no aspect ratio shifts

Create proxies for the remaining clips in a single batch (select them all in the bin before right-clicking and choosing Create Proxies…)

Demonstrate the difference in playback performance between having proxies toggled of versus on

Explain that by default Premiere will always export using the non-proxy high-quality media
Show how to export using proxies if desired

End of Tech 1

Tech 2: Basics Overview + Color & Sound (120 min)

Instructor intro: Instructor introduces themself with their name, pronouns, and position/area.
Show the FTV Production Website and emphasize that the tech calendar is at the bottom of that page. What’s on the website will always be the most up-to-date and accurate.
Show the Post Production Page on the Website, and discuss how to get help.
Show Google Classroom for this class.
Go over how to find assistance at the PPC.

Go over trimming and extending clips and moving clips along the timeline and what the “Linked Selection” button does.
Go over resizing and repositioning a clip on the timeline in the effect controller.

Open the “Working with FX” Sequence in the “Ovens of Cappoquin” and show how to Add a Video Effect (Use Gaussian blur).

Go over Keyframing the blur effect in the effect controller and also show how to keyframe a scale and position change in a still image.

Add a lumetri effect and go over some of the Basic correction controls (Color Temp, White Balance, Exposure, Contrast, and Saturation). Go over the Lumetri Color Panel.

Show how to speed up and slow down a clip (show optical flow option, pitch shift and speed ramping).

End of Tech 2