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In my prior posting, the following was my goal statement: I would like to become more proficient with video editing software. I would like to know if there are ways of adding pictures, sounds, and other materials to a video clip. I feel this will help promote student learning and creativity (2.a) because they will be able to express themselves in a manner they feel comfortable with. I will also enforce the need for students to add ending credits to any and all video projects as a way of citing resources or materials used (4.a).
The resources I will need are a verity of video editing software to examine, tutorials on how to utilize software I am familiar with (mainly Movie Maker), and I will need to ask my Media Center specialist if she knows any programs or "tricks" for software our school has.
The additional information I will need is a list of the popular editing software and why it is highly regarded. I have already initiated a search; however some of the programs I have encountered as freeware are either old (as in does not support HD) or are notorious for containing Trojan viruses.
So far, I have sent a private message to a movie reviewer on YouTube who was a film student and asked him what kind of software he uses for his videos. He was gracious enough to reply to my e-mail and informed me he uses Power Director. I downloaded the program for a thirty day trial and I was impressed by many of the features. One feature allows you to crop the video, that is zoom in on a portion and crop off the top and bottom for a wide screen effect. The one major problem I have with the software is when I exported a video in AVI format it took up almost five gigabytes. I know it is exporting it in HD, but that is still too high. The clip itself was only twenty-five minutes.
I will still continue my investigation into editing software.
Shawn
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Video Editing is something I am very interested in myself. I have heard of video movie maker but I am not familiar with Power Director. I am interested to test it out myself. I believe this can be a great resource in the classroom because it allows students to explore their creative side. How have you used movie maker in the past and what do you hope do to in the future with video editing?
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ReplyDeleteI’m not sure exactly what your plans are for video editing but I have a suggestion that may be complementary. I have made several “movies” by using software to create the “Ken Burns effect” from stills. If you’ve ever seen a Ken Burns documentary then this should be pretty self explanatory. If not, it is basically a technique of panning and zooming on a still picture. This is a great way for students to connect to historical photos and documents. You can produce something that combines both stills (now in motion) and actual video. I’ve used ArcSoft’s Showbiz DVD 2 with great success but there are more free options available. I’ve listed a few links and “Ken Burns Effect” even has a Wikipedia page. It is worth a Google search. The links show some examples and they are fair but it is easy to make these very powerful. And they fit on a DVD!
http://www.arcsoft.com/estore/software_title.asp?ProductCode=SBDVD2&dyContent=details#submenu
http://www.instantfundas.com/2010/07/create-ken-burns-style-video-slideshows.html
http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/120992-How-to-create-Award-Winning-Photo-DVD-with-Ken-Burns-Effect
Good Luck!
Lindsay