Lights, Camera, Action

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Lights, Camera, Action!

• Using iMovie in the Classroom
• Kathryn Odell
• K-6 Instructional Technology Coach
• Lodi Unified School District
• kodell_at_lodiusd.k12.ca.us
• 712-6364

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Using iMovie in the Classroom

• Video Yearbook
• Class presentations and reports
• Science The Rock Drop Experiment
• To record and reflect on a field trip
• The California Missions presentation
• Learning concepts
• Social Studies Miwok Storytelling

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What do you need?

• Digital video and/or still camera
• Tripod
• Firewire cable (video)
• External microphone headphones
• Mac computer w/firewire capability iMovie
  software
• Hard drive space
• Storyboard forms
• Imagination!

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Film 101

• Limit panning and zooming
• Zoom in or out to set up a shot.
• Pan only when you have a good reason.
• Use a tripod.
• Types of shots and their purposes
• Wide shots establish context.
• Medium shots (waist up) establish relationships.
• Close shots reveal detail.

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Film 101 (contd.)

• Understand shots vs. scenes
• Mind the background.
• Capture footage for cutaways and cut-ins.
• Cutaways a shot of someone or something else
  that adds interest to the story (news report
  example).
• Cut-ins closeups of the action (science
  experiment example)
• Check the sound as you film.

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Bringing pictures into iMovie

• Video
• Digital video
• Analog video (Media converter)
• Photos
• Traditional photographs
• Scanner
• Digital still camera

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Bringing pictures into iMovie

• Photos
• Online photos
• Click and hold save file as .jpg or .gif
• http//library.bigchalk.com/k6
• Editing photos
• Adobe Photo Deluxe, PhotoShop Light, etc.
• Microsoft Word
• Resize if desired

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Beginning your project

• New Project Save
• Bring video in hook up the camera to the
  computer via the firewire port. Click Import to
  start and stop downloading video.
• Bring in a photo File Import file.
• Drag clips to the timeline.
• Change the duration of still picture clips
• Type new time in time box and press return.

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Adding titles

• Click on the Titles button below the shelf.
• Titles may be placed over a black screen or over
  video/still picture
• Type in the title (chose font size color)
• Title effects
• Drag title effect (T) to the timeline.

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Transitions

• Click in timeline where you want the transition
  to go. Do not use transitions within a scene.
• Select an effect and a speed.
• Drag the transition to that spot in the timeline.

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Effects

• Experiment with effects to see how they change
  your video.
• Select spot in timeline where you want the
  effect.
• Apply the effect by clicking the Apply button.
  Click Commit if you are sure you want to keep
  that effect.

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Sound

• Click on the Audio button below the shelf.
• Record voiceovers using built-in or external
  mike. Click Record Voice to start and stop
  recording.
• For an external mike, go to the Apple Menu,
  choose Control Panels Sound Input External
  Mic.
• Bring in music from a CD.
• Insert a CD when the tracks appear, choose one
  to record. You can record all or part of the
  track.
• Add a sound effect from iMovie.
• You can choose sounds such as Drum Roll and
  Footsteps, to name a few.

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Sound (contd.)

• Adjust volume on clips and audio tracks.
• Using an alternate sound program for recording
• If you need to transport the sound files to other
  computers
• Freeware program Sound Recorder allows you to
  record in AIFF and name files.

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Downloading Pictures from the Internet

• Once you find an image to download, click on the
  image once.
• If there is an option to choose a full size
  image, click on it.

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Downloading Pictures from the Internet

• 3. Click and hold the mouse button down on the
  full-sized image until a menu pops up.
• Still holding the mouse button down, choose
  Download Image to Disk.

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Downloading Pictures from the Internet

• 5. Decide where to save this image. (For
  example, Macintosh HD/ Pictures.) Name the image.
  Leave the file extension (.jpg or .gif) at the
  end of the name.

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Inserting Still Pictures into iMovie

• Go to the File menu, and choose Import File.
• In the Import File dialogue box, navigate to
  Macintosh HD and then your Pictures folder.

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Inserting Still Pictures into iMovie

• Click on Open. Now double-click the name of the
  picture you want to use. The picture will appear
  on the screen and on your shelf!
• Drag the image to the timeline to put it in your
  movie. Remember that you decide how long it stays
  on the screen.

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Advanced iMovie

• Crop clips
• Drag small (pop-up triangle) under the clip
  window to select what you want to save. The
  yellow bar shows what you want to keep.
• Split clips
• Edit Split video (audio) clip at playhead
• Extract audio
• Advanced Extract audio

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Finishing Up

• File Export movie
• Export to digital video camera if you want a
  videotape.
• Hook digital camera up to VCR and record.
• Export to QuickTime for the web, for a CD, to
  email

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Time to Practice!

• Use the Apple tutorial clips to make the movie
  Maddie Gets a Bath.

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Resources

• Tips for Making Your Movie
• Atomic Learning iMovie tutorial
• iMovie Support Page
• iMovie Discussion Area
• Apple Learning Interchange