Thursday, June 7, 2012

Term 4 Week 6: Basic Editing

Assigned: 7-8 June 2012

Chao Cac Ban!

Did you remember to bring your camera, memory card, and a pair of headphones? I hope so!

The first step is importing the video clips (also known as video footage) into Windows Movie Maker. Be sure you have a pair of headphones plugged in to the computer before you open the program, otherwise it will not open. If your computer is having problems, try another computer. The headphone jack doesn't work on all the computers in the lab.
  • Open the program Windows Movie Maker
  • Click on Import video
  • You should now see the video in the top section of the program, called the "Collection"
If the file is not a .avi .mpg .mlv .mp2 .mp2v .mpeg .mpe .mpv2 .wm .wmv or .asf file, Movie Maker will not open it. So you'll need to convert it. We will use Format Factory to do this.
  • Open the program Format Factory
  • click on the "All to AVI" button
  • Select Output Folder and select your personal folder on the shared class drive as the destination
  • Select Add File and select the file you want to convert
  • Click OK
  • Click on Start and wait for it to finish
  • Then import them into the Movie Maker Project
Once you've imported each of the video clips, the next step is editing the clips together in the order you want them for your documentary. 
  • Drag the videos from the "Collection" down into the storyboard
  • Be sure they are in the order you want them in
  • Save
Today's assignment:
  • In your group, upload all the video clips you have into a Windows Movie Maker Project
  • Save that Project on the Shared Class Drive in the "ICT Documentary Group Projects" folder - be sure to name it the name of your documentary film
  • Edit the clips by putting them in the correct order from beginning to end
  • Preview your documentary and decide AS A GROUP if you need to film anything else. What would make the documentary even better? What is missing? 
  • Check your "script" on google docs to make sure you remembered to film everything you had planned
  • Plan when you are going to get together as a group and film the rest of the things you need before next week's class.
  • Start thinking about what music, voice overs, words, etc. you also might add to your documentary - Next week we will learn how to do these things
Good Luck!

-k

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