Video Production with Microsoft Movie Maker

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Video Production with Microsoft Movie Maker

• Tim Cooper
• Rawlinson Road Middle School

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About Me

• 7th grade Social Studies Teacher at Rawlinson
  Road Middle School
• 6th Year teaching
• Graduate of University of South Carolina
• Model Technology Teacher Leader for RHSD3
• Teach IGPro/ClassXP and Movie Maker classes for
  RHSD3

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Tell me about Movie Maker

• Movie Maker is a video-editing software program
  from Microsoft.
• It comes free with Windows XP Home and
  Professional.
• It is basically a video version of PowerPoint,
  and has many of the same features and workflow
  items.

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What can I do with Movie Maker?

• There are many classroom, as well as personal,
  applications for Movie Maker, including
• Photo montages for Parents Night, Open House
• Videos of classroom activities
• Student projects

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Here are several examples of Movie Maker Projects
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Here are several examples of Movie Maker Projects
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How do you get started?

• Movie Maker can run on most any computer that has
  Windows XP installed.
• Recommended system requirements include
• Processor Personal or multimedia computer with a
  1.5 gigahertz (GHz) or higher processor
• Memory 256 megabytes (MB) or higher of RAM
• Hard Disk 2.0 GB of available hard-disk space or
  higher
• You will also need a way to get your videos into
  your computer. This requires different capture
  hardware depending on the source of your video.

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How do you get started?

• In other words, any of the school district black
  computers can run Movie Maker, as long as you
  have Windows XP!
• If your teacher station doesnt have Windows XP,
  back up your files and have your computer person
  in your building upgrade your desktop!

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Upgrading to Movie Maker 2

• Windows XP installs with Movie Maker version 1.
• There were significant updates to the program,
  and Microsoft offers a free upgrade to version 2.
• Before beginning work with the program, you
  should upgrade the software.

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How to upgrade to Movie Maker 2

• At home, you need to install Service Pack 2. Go
  to www.microsoft.com and look for the Service
  Pack 2 upgrade link.
• This is a HUGE downloaddo not attempt on
  dial-up.
• At school, download the update from my website,
  on the handout.
• www.rock-hill.k12.sc.us/teachers/rrms/tcooper/movi
  emaker

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Introduction to Movie Maker 2

• For best results, I suggest you set your screen
  resolution to 1024 x 768. This will allow you to
  see all the options in Movie Maker and not have
  to scroll through different windows.
• On the desktop, right click, then select
  Properties.
• Choose the Settings tab, then move the Screen
  Resolution slider to More.

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Introduction to Movie Maker 2
Capture Area Bring video, still pictures, or
audio from the camera, disk, or other source
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Introduction to Movie Maker 2
Edit Movie Area Transitions, video effects,
titles, and credits
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Introduction to Movie Maker 2
Finish Movie Export to Computer, CD, web, or back
to the camera
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About Capture