SPJ/LA Hosts Video Editing Workshop

The Greater Los Angeles chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists is hosting a free, hands-on workshop aimed at news professionals with zero experience in video editing. You'll sit at a Mac and use iMovie to create those lively, short, snackable videos popular on AJ+, NowThis, ATTN: and other social-media-driven news organizations.

Video clips, still photos, music and other assets will be provided, though feel free to bring your own loaded onto an iPhone. Some experience on a Mac would be helpful but is not mandatory.

WHAT: Video editing workshop that will teach you how to:-- Import video and still photos into iMovie-- Edit video clips and crop photos-- Place video and photos into a "timeline"-- Use transitions, including a dissolve, blur and spin-in (in which a photo tumbles into view)-- Add the "Ken Burns Effect" panning and zooming into photos-- Make titles-- Put music in the background-- Store your video and get it onto Facebook or YouTubeBy the end, you should be able to create your own video that looks something like this: http://bit.ly/1RWxACQ The workshop will be led by Michael Fleeman, an associate board member and managing editor-digital for Connection III Entertainment, which produces videos for its Made in Hollywood brand on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube andwww.MadeinHollywood.tv.

WHEN: Saturday, June 119 a.m. to noon

WHERE: Cal State Northridge 18111 Nordhoff St.Northridge, CA 91311 In a Mac computer lab on west side of campus (exact location given when you RSVP)

COST: Free for workshop; $6 parking fee

PARKING: Go to the Information Booth #2 on Prairie Street to purchase a $6 parking pass. If the booth is closed, buy a pass from a machine on the ground floor of parking structure B3. Park in B3 and walk five minutes to the building.

RSVP: Michael Fleeman: mbfleeman@gmail.com Space is limited.

CONTACT: Michael Fleeman: mbfleeman@gmail.com