Movie Maker Production Tips

 

 

In the first semester, we will do a Photo Story Slide Show using Windows Movie Maker. This page is to help with production of your Photostory. This project is to help introduce the concept of video production as well as gain some experience with a basic video editing program that exists on just about every computer (well, Macs have iMovie). This culmination of this project will also be included in your final DVD as an extra. The Photo Story Slide Show will consist of still pictures and music. This assignment that will be due at the end 3rd 6 weeks, but your pictures should be from the entire semester, not just one event and must be pictures BY you. I will show you an example so that you can begin brainstorming right away for what you will want your slide show to be like so you can be shooting along the way. Do NOT wait until the 3rd 6 weeks to be shooting this assignment.  of a several photo stories.

 

• Your project will need to be at least 2.5 minutes but not longer than 5 minutes. Be sure to include at least an intro (title) and concluding (credits) slides. Be sure to increase the duration of these and any other slides that need to stay on the screen longer.

• Avoid using random transitions. Set the transition for each slide.

• Make sure your images are on your P drive before importing. Video production programs (as well as PowerPoint) like to have all of it's associate files in a designated specific place. So, when you save your MM file for the first time, navigate the save location to

• When you are finished, you will need to "Finish The Movie"

• After you have completed the first save, read the final instructions below for "Saving to my Computer"

• Review http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/getstarted/default.mspx for some tips for getting started

 

Windows Movie Maker is located under Start/All Programs/Accessories:

 

There will not be a lot of instruction on this project, so dig around, experiment and explore different options to produce your video. Import pictures, audio, add titles, create video effects and transitions via the Movie Tasks pane.

 

 

Toggle between Storyboard and Timeline to control screen length:

 

 

When you are done, you will need to twirl down section 3 to "Finish Movie":

 

"Save to my computer" first. This will save it in a format to be played outside of WMM by creating a WMV for playback on a computer. After you have presented, you may want to export again to a smaller format to upload to YouTube or share with your friends. You can also export a version for your video capable iPods and other MP3 players. It is important that after you finish your first save, to save in an DV-AVI format that will be compatible with Adobe Premier and Encore. This is NOT the default. If you do not export it correctly, it will not import into Encore when you get ready to make your DVD in May. Please RE-export it to be included in your DVD. Go to Save Movie File, choose My Computer, Next, Show More Options, Other Settings, choose DV-AVI (NTSC). This will put it in the correct 720x480 format.