Movie Maker 101

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Movie Maker 101

• Jan. 8th/9th

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The Basics

• Projects
• As you begin creating something in movie maker
  you are creating a project
• A Project is not the same as a movie.
• A project is in the process of being created
  can be edited, once you save your project as a
  movie you cannot edit your movie.

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Pictures

• Importing Pictures
• When working on a project that contains pictures
  you must import them into your project first
• Import Pictures is located on the main task pane
  under Capture Video in movie maker
• Its always a good idea to have all of your
  pictures for a project located in one folder.

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Timeline

• Timeline
• This indicates how long each clip or picture
  will last in your movie and shows the time
  amount. It is located along the bottom edge of
  your screen when you are in Movie Maker. You can
  switch between Timeline and Storyboard view.

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Storyboard

• Storyboard
• When you are in the storyboard view you just see
  your picture or clip, the transition (if you have
  one) and the video effects (if you have any)
• In storyboard view you can easily add transitions.

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Music

• Importing Audio or Music
• You import audio or music the same way you import
  pictures.
• Import Audio or Music is located on the main task
  pane under Capture Video in Movie Maker.
• Its always a good idea to have all of your audio
  or music for a project located in one folder.

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Music Cont.

• Your music clips can be cut or spliced as you see
  fit.
• They can also be set to fade in or fade out, or
  if you have more than one, they can overlap each
  other.

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Transitions

• Transitions
• Transitions simply move you from one clip to
  another prevent your movie from being too
  choppy
• These are used in between clips.
• View Video Transitions is located in the main
  task pane under Edit Movie on Movie Maker

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Transitions Cont.

• Once youve selected a transition you just click
  drag the transition down into your project.
• Youll probably want to be in Storyboard View at
  this point
• FYIEvery time the you add a transition your
  project will shorten, slightly.

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Video Effects

• Video Effects
• These are added to change your actual clip. You
  tend to use these more when dealing with actual
  movie clips and less when dealing with pictures.
• View Video Effects is located in the main task
  pane under Edit Movie on Movie Maker

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Video Effects Cont.

• You can add as many video effects to a clip as
  you like.
• To determine the order that your effects are in,
  you must right click on the clip in the
  storyboard view you can arrange them there.

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Titles or Credits

• You can include a title at the beginning of a
  your project to introduce your project
• Titles can also be added before, during, or after
  a clip.
• Credits are added at the end of your project, you
  usually want to give credit at this point.

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Titles or Credits Cont.

• Make Titles or Credits are located under Edit
  Movie on the main task pane in Movie Maker.

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Saving Your Project

• If you are not completely done with your project
  you dont want to save it as a movie. When you
  save a project you just go to
• File ?Save Project ? and give your project a name

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Finishing Your Movie

• In order to save your project as a movie you must
  do the following
• Under Finish Movie ? Save to my computer ? Browse
  to save it to My Videos ? Next ? Next
• REMEMBER Once you save your project as a movie
  you cannot edit it.

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Movie Maker Project I

• Rubric Movie Breakdown are located on the
  Student Share Drive