Output & Presentation Specifications for Projects as Movie Files

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These are topics associated with exporting movie files, regarding both image and sound:

• Colour bars and reference tone
  • For advanced details, pertaining to audio levels and colour correction and grading
• Exporting media files from Adobe Premiere
• Adobe Audition notes
• Adobe Premiere notes

The following are the expected specifications for assignments that students submit for evaluation.

You may want to export movie files from Adobe Premiere or Media Encoder. By utilizing Premiere, you can use the Title Editor (Main Menu > Window > Essential Graphics or Main Menu > File > New > Legacy Title), which is useful for making credits, including citing music sources.

• Exporting media files from Premiere

Final Output

Specifications for the assignment:

1. The frame dimensions are 1920 x 1080 pixels
2. The aspect ratio is16:9 with “square pixels”
3. The frame rate is 24 frames per second
4. The movie file format is either a M4V or QuickTime MOV
5. The image compression is H.264
6. The audio rate is 48 kHz

Final Presentation, Title, Credits & Fades

With the assemblage and presentation of your project as a movie file, you have exported the work in the following way.

1. Begins with black, for five seconds minimum.
2. The piece fades up to the Film Title.
3. Film Title, which holds long enough to clearly read and contemplate the information.
4. A transition to the animation, by dissolve and/or creative visual approach to the Animation / Movie.
5. The Animation / Movie.
6. A transition from the Animation / Movie, by dissolve and/or creative visual approach, to the Tail Credits.
7. The Tail Credits, which hold long enough to read and contemplate the information. The credits include:
   • Your name, as writer, director, animator, and so on
   • Proper attribution of music and sound effects
     • Citation of music sources and audio recordings
8. The Credits fade down to Black.
9. Concludes with black, for five seconds minimum.