Raw material from every interview ever filmed will have lulls and pauses, and some stuttering. People aren't perfect and time spent trying to get lines and timing just right can lead to an unfortunate waste of filming time. As this performance is not live, you, the all-seeing editor, have the power to cut those distracting lulls and pauses, keeping the pace on beat and audience's attention on track. In this task you will move through the Timeline, cutting out some of the audio fat using Premiere Pro's Extract function, and to get this frame accurate, you will use as many keyboard shortcuts as possible.
You will now use the Extract function to remove "dead" audio areas from the Timeline. Perform the following steps:
Set the Timeline panel as active then play the timeline back by pressing the L key once. Make a mental note of the silences that occur in the first clip (Intro_Shot.avi).
Return the Timeline indicator to the start of the Timeline using the Home...