So I wanted to create a short intro video for a vlog project that I'm planning. The series will be titled "New Space on the Space Coast" and will feature short informational videos about some of the "New Space" companies in and around Brevard County, Florida. The first episode is titled "A visit to the Sands Space History Center" and was edited and produced using CyberLink PowerDirector on a Moto Z2 Force smartphone. This intro video (below) was edited and produced using Adobe Premiere Pro, however.

Workshop 3 - Film & Edit a Video Rough Cut

Explore the basics of shooting and editing a rough version of your video project using the framework you developed in your storyboard.

So for this assignment I had to modify the filming a bit from my storyboard. The SpaceX launch that we were going to watch has been delayed down in Florida, but we wouldn't have been able to go anyway if it had gone off on schedule this past Sunday, Tuesday or Wednesday. It's about a 4 hour drive from where we are in Georgia so there still is a possibility that we'll go to the launch if it's delayed until this Friday or over the coming weekend, but for now we are planning to watch the launch outside our RV on the big screen.

To set that up and change the scene, I filmed us getting ready to leave for the launch and packing a bag with a lot of our filming stuff (and our dogs!) and edited those clips to play in fast motion. The next scene shows us leaving the RV as we are "Go for Launch!" If we do end up going to see the launch over this weekend I'll film us leaving in the car as well as the trip down and watch the launch in person. For now we've filmed everything to the point of leaving the RV, and in the coming days we'll finish based on what we actually do. If we stay and watch the launch in Georgia, it will have a bit of comic effect as we will have hurried up to leave the RV just to sit down and watch the launch live on the projector screen outside.

This was a lot of fun learning how to manipulate the video clip speeds and other image effects. Hope you like it!

Here's the final version of this assignment video. No, unfortunately we didn't get to go and see the launch in person :-( but we did do the next best thing.

I finished editing this project in Premiere Pro by learning how to combine sequences into the overall main project. That took a little bit of time and a slight learning curve, but I figured it out eventually. I also added the original "intro" video I had created for "New Space on the Space Coast" to create a final version of this video project. Enjoy!

Workshop 4 - Create Animated Titles

Continue to examine the post-production process, then dive into Adobe After Effects to create a title sequence for your video project.

Okay, I've added a title sequence to a video I just created this past weekend. Even though I was unable to watch the recent SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch in person, I made it back to Florida over the weekend and managed to attend an almost-as-good event: Yuri's Night 2019 at KSC! This was a fun celebration of human spaceflight, and I decided to go as a 1960's-era reporter. I was actually able to interview a few of the VIP's that attended (YouTube space enthusiast "Everyday Astronaut" and private astronaut, hall of fame game designer, and explorer Richard Garriott). It was a great night and, even though I say "Yuri's Night 2019 at the Kennedy Space Center visitor's complex" way too many times, I think the overall video came out fairly well.

The title sequence I added for this video episode is at about 49 seconds into the video. I have already created a intro sequence for "New Space on the Space Coast", so I followed along with the video lesson using Premiere Pro to export to After Effect and designed the handwriting title using Illustrator, as shown. It is quite a detailed process, but the effect is certainly nice. I look forward to practicing more using this process to design titles for my future videos. ​

Workshop 5 - Create Your Final Video

Learn a few more advanced video editing techniques, then create a final cut of your video project incorporating all the skills and elements you’ve gathered in previous workshops.

Okay, so here's my final video produced with Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Illustrator.

I went ahead and edited a previously produced video (produced with CyberLink PowerDirector on an Android Moto Z2 Force smartphone). I added the intro sequence that I created on Premiere Pro, as well as some animated title effects created with Adobe After Effects and Illustrator. I also added some "b roll" footage that I captured taking a helicopter ride above Port Canaveral, showing the location of the Sands Space History Center and the SpaceX Launch and Landing Control HQ.

This was a fun course and project! I intend to continue developing this series - New Space on the Space Coast - using the tools and techniques I've learned here in this course. (You can see the original video I produced at this link: https://youtu.be/APUaxaSGywI). Enjoy!

Conclusion

This was a fun and informative course. Using some of the techniques that I've learned, I created a quick intro video for a YouTube channel and video blog that the wife and I are starting. This is an introduction to "Trailblazing Travels" where we will capture and share some of the adventures that we'll experience exploring the U.S. travelling full-time in our RV! Enjoy!