Let’s Make a Movie – The Tools of the Trade
This week was an exciting week. We got to put together a movie, with sound clips, video clips, and different transitions to each clip. We are trying to get a point across about the devastating effects of plastic pollutants after a hurricane, on the oceans. We took video clips from either the internet or from our cameras. We also used still pictures from the cameras and internet. Music was added to the movie to help “set the mood” , and to get our point across in a strong way. We wanted to capture the viewer’s emotions, so that the information might be taken home and thought about more seriously.
The internet is full of useful tools to help make digital movies. Audacity is a tool that we used to edit the audio sections of the movie. In it we are able to adjust the volume of the music and add narration on top of it. Another tool we used was Zamzar. This tool allows us to take certain videos off the internet and use them in our movie. Sometimes the videos will not upload into movie maker, so Zamzar helped us get that done. Movie Maker is a program on the computer where the entire movie is made. Here we are able to put all of our still shots and videos in a timeline, create transitions to those slides, trim and splice to fit, and add music and narration. Freeplaymusic was a good tool for getting non-copyrighted music for the background. This site told you what kind of a feel each song had. This was nice, considering there is lots of songs to choose from.
The safety of the students is always a concern when using the internet. The tools that I have listed were all very safe. They seemed to have good security. Also, these tools were free. That’s great for teachers and students both. We all know that teachers don’t make a huge salary, and we definitely know that students, for the most part, are broke. That makes safe free tools a huge plus in my book.
Here’s our digital story, our conglomeration of internet tools, our attempt to educate and inform the masses about the problems with all the plastic items in our lives. Hurricanes are going to hit, they are going to cause a lot of damage, so the need not just to be prepared, but to help the environment after the storm is becoming monumental. Works cited is at this link.
This week was an exciting week. We got to put together a movie, with sound clips, video clips, and different transitions to each clip. We are trying to get a point across about the devastating effects of plastic pollutants after a hurricane, on the oceans. We took video clips from either the internet or from our cameras. We also used still pictures from the cameras and internet. Music was added to the movie to help “set the mood” , and to get our point across in a strong way. We wanted to capture the viewer’s emotions, so that the information might be taken home and thought about more seriously.
The internet is full of useful tools to help make digital movies. Audacity is a tool that we used to edit the audio sections of the movie. In it we are able to adjust the volume of the music and add narration on top of it. Another tool we used was Zamzar. This tool allows us to take certain videos off the internet and use them in our movie. Sometimes the videos will not upload into movie maker, so Zamzar helped us get that done. Movie Maker is a program on the computer where the entire movie is made. Here we are able to put all of our still shots and videos in a timeline, create transitions to those slides, trim and splice to fit, and add music and narration. Freeplaymusic was a good tool for getting non-copyrighted music for the background. This site told you what kind of a feel each song had. This was nice, considering there is lots of songs to choose from.
The safety of the students is always a concern when using the internet. The tools that I have listed were all very safe. They seemed to have good security. Also, these tools were free. That’s great for teachers and students both. We all know that teachers don’t make a huge salary, and we definitely know that students, for the most part, are broke. That makes safe free tools a huge plus in my book.
Here’s our digital story, our conglomeration of internet tools, our attempt to educate and inform the masses about the problems with all the plastic items in our lives. Hurricanes are going to hit, they are going to cause a lot of damage, so the need not just to be prepared, but to help the environment after the storm is becoming monumental. Works cited is at this link.
I found Freeplaymusic to be a great tool for making my movie as well. You are defenitly right about teachers and students both being broke, haha. I didn't use moviemaker but you make it sound like it was easy enough to use, which is good to know if I ever need to use it for a similar project.
ReplyDeleteI really liked how you addressed so many of the tools we used in class. You can tell that you used each of them in a way where the movie came out great and very informative on many levels for any age group. Throughout the movie I saw so many of the rules that we also had learned from reading the notes like the rule of thirds and different angles/ shots. Overall great movie!
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