An Introductory Session on video editing by Luca Antonio

Written By Igers Coventry and Warwickshire

If you can throw your mind back to August (wow this year went fast) one of our latest virtual meets featured Midlands based Videographer & Photographer Luca Antonio (who now works with James Sullivan at Grenade - small world).

Like James, Luca also picked up skills as he went to build his career into what it is today.

During his zoom, Luca talked to us about his passion for videography and introduced us to the video editing techniques and features in Adobe premier pro , and talking in detail about the workspace in software , touching on shortcuts , song choice , importance of flow ,exports and frame size (vertical vs horizontal) etc. and answering a few of the burning questions those who tuned in had.

Make sure you are follow him on instagram @lucaantonio_ and subscribe to his channel on YouTube.

You can check out the video from the session below and if you have any questions feel free to ask him on his Instagram.

Some alternative video editing programmes that you could use:

  • Adobe After Effects (subscription)

  • Adobe Spark (free)

  • Final Cut Pro (paid but free trial available)

  • LumaFusion (mobile)

  • Movie Maker

  • iMovie

Some videos and YouTubers Luca recommends watching are:

For cinematic lighting and high quality advice for anyone new to video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC34ZUMA3kx-51dREoXLGDZQ

For any documentary and lighting learnings: https://www.youtube.com/user/markandrewbone

For general video good practice and any travel related work: https://www.youtube.com/user/petermckinnon24

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbvIIQc5Jo9-jIXnkPe03oA

For music videos & tips n tricks/DIY setup ideas: https://www.youtube.com/user/YCImaging

Smooth 'b-roll' type videos and any food related videos (general creativity): https://www.youtube.com/user/Znqt

Polished high quality work & sound design: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUmVotIMVDOHNetxVKxs2Tg

MrBrynnorth - https://www.youtube.com/user/MrBrynnorth

Daniel Schiffer - https://www.youtube.com/user/Znqt

YCImaging - https://www.youtube.com/user/YCImaging

Matti Haapoja - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbvIIQc5Jo9-jIXnkPe03oA

Mark Bone - https://www.youtube.com/user/markandrewbone

Danny Gevirtz - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC34ZUMA3kx-51dREoXLGDZQ

Igers Coventry and Warwickshire https://www.igerscovwarks.com
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