I have successfully made my first video and posted it on Youtube! I am very proud of myself. I never would have thought that I would have been able make a video and have it posted online. To be honest I was actually really nervous about this project in the beginning. Editing a video on the computer sounded out of the realm of my technology knowledge and it scared me. Now that I have done it I have become obsessed with movie maker. In fact I just got done showing my Mom how it works and making a slide show from pictures from my sisters wedding in June, set it to music, and added animation to the slides all in about 5 minutes. She was quite impressed with my skills.
For our video project we started with recording out video at Grings Mill park. It took us a few takes to get everything we wanted to, but all in all it only took us about 45 minutes to record the shots that we needed. Then we downloaded our video to the computer. Since we had over 7 minutes of footage it was a large file and copied all into one chapter rather then breaking up into smaller chapters. This made it a little difficult for editing because we had to sift through 7 minutes of video each time we added a slide to the storyline. This was our most time consuming task. Once we had the movie edited down to where we wanted it we added in the music. The music we made through audacity and used royaltyfreemusic.com. The music was probably the easiest part of the project. Once we moved the music to the sound file of the video we had our work of art created. It turned from what I thought was going to be a stressful project into actually a lot of fun!
I think video making could be a great project for a classroom. Using this in the elementary level has lots of potential. One way I would use this since Elementary students may not have access too a video camera, but if the school had one we could loan, as the teacher I could do the filming for the students and then have them do the editing since that is all hands on for the computer and the video camera is no longer necessary. I think a great project would be to have the students make a DVD to send as a pen pal to either students of the same grade somewhere else in the country or some where else in the world. I could have the students make up their own stories of showing them a typical day in their school and maybe even incorporating their community around them and outside where they live. Then the students would work in groups and edit their own videos and add music and dialogue to narrate their video as they want it and then exchange them with the other school. This would not only give the students the chance to learn editing and movie making, but this may really appeal to those that are not strong at writing, but are creative to get them involved and enjoy an assignment. The end result of sharing the videos with another school would also give the students a look at a new place and how people live in other areas of the country or the world. It would open their horizons to new ideas, places and people.
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