Digital Video Production + Movie Making

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1 Digital Video Production + Movie Making Interactive Technology in Education Conference 2007 Location: SW Innovation Centre, UOIT Presented by Lesley Adams, Fred Cho, Sasha Geukjian & Marta Sobczak UOIT ITEC Conference 2007 L. Adams, F. Cho, S. Geukjian & M. Sobczak Page 1 of 12

2 Windows Movie Maker Environment Overview Overview The main components and functions of Movie Maker are labeled in the following diagram: Preview Monitor previews movie clip effects and transitions Toolbar Menu Bar Movie Tasks Pane shortcuts to movie task tools Collections Pane displays video or audio clips you have imported Movie Task and Collections Buttons toggles between task options and collections display Previous/ Next Frame Buttons sets video to an approx. time Take Picture takes a snapshot of the current frame Clip Splitter splits a clip into 2 clips at the current frame Timeline/Storyboard There are two different views to choose from when displaying your movie clips for editing. The views can be changed by toggling between the Show Storyboard and Show Timeline buttons. Audio can only be added in the Timeline view. Video clip and effect drop area Timeline View shows a timeline of the movie Show Storyboard/Timeline Button Storyboard View shows a storyline of the movie Zoom Timeline In/Out allows you to view your project in greater or less detail for editing Video clip transition drop area UOIT ITEC Conference 2007 L. Adams, F. Cho, S. Geukjian & M. Sobczak Page 2 of 12

3 Windows Movie Maker Instructional Guide 1. Capture Video A capture device is a type of hardware that transfers video to the computer Audio, video, and image files can be imported into Movie Maker Click on the expand/collapse button to the right of the Capture Video title in the Movie Tasks pane to show the variety of options available. Expand/ Collapse To Capture Video from a Video Camera: 1. Connect video device to computer through USB or Firewire cable. 2. Select Capture from video device form the options listed. (Note: if the computer has not yet detected the video device or the video device is not plugged in properly, a window will pop up with an error message saying no device was detected. If this occurs, you may need to wait longer while the computer configures, and restart movie maker) 3. Once the device is detected, Movie Maker will guide you through a series of steps to capture and determine the quality using a Video Capture Wizard. 4. Once the video is captured it will appear in your collection pane and you can now drag it to the timeline for editing. To Import Video: This refers to importing video already stored on your computer or storage device such as a jump drive. 1. Select Import Video from the options listed. 2. A window will appear. Select the video you want to import from the location where it is being stored. (Note: you cannot import video directly from video device; you must capture the video using the steps listed above. Not all video formats are compatible) 3. Once the video is selected it will appear in your collection pane and you can now drag it to the timeline for editing. To Import Pictures: 1. Select Import Pictures from the options listed. 2. A window will appear. Select the picture(s) you want to import from the location where it is being stored. 3. Once the pictures are selected they will appear in your collection pane and you can now drag it to the timeline for editing. To Import Audio or Music: Note: audio can be added overtop of music 1. Select Import audio or music from the options listed. 2. A window will appear. Select the audio or music track you want to import form the location where it is being stored. 3. The audio or music track will appear in the collections pane. Drag and drop it into the timeline where you would like it played. To Split Video Clips: Note: Video clips can be split into an unlimited amount of individual clips including still images 1. Select the video clip you wish to split. You can split video in the timeline or from the collection pane. UOIT ITEC Conference 2007 L. Adams, F. Cho, S. Geukjian & M. Sobczak Page 3 of 12

4 2. Play the video clip to the desired location you want to split, and click the Split button located on the right hand side of the monitor. 3. The new clip will appear in the collections pane or on the timeline. In the collection pane you can Right click the clip and rename the clip. 4. Drag and drop the clip into the timeline when you have obtained the desired clip. Split To Make a Picture from a Running Video: 1. Select the video clip you wish to obtain the picture from by selecting it from the timeline or collections pane. 2. Play the video clip and click the Take Picture button located on the right hand side of the monitor. You may play the video clip frame by frame by using the slow play buttons in the toolbar of the monitor. 3. Once you take the picture, it will appear in the collections pane. 4. Right click the picture and rename it an appropriate name. Take Picture 2. Edit Movie Click on the expand/collapse button to the right of the Edit Video title in the Movie Tasks pane to show the variety of options available. To Add Video Effects: Video effect a special effect added to a video clip that will remain for the entire play time of the clip 1. Select View Video Effects from the options listed. 2. A variety of options will become available and listed in the collections pane. 3. To view the effect, select the effect by clicking on it once and click the play button on the monitor. This will preview the effect. 4. To add the effect to a clip, click and hold the effect, drag and drop it over the clip in the timeline. 5. To delete the effect from the movie, click on the effect in the timeline and click delete on the keyboard. To Add Video Transitions: Video transition controls how the movie plays from one clip to the next 1. Select View Video Transitions from the options listed. 2. A variety of options will become available and be listed in the collections pane. 3. To view a transition, select the effect by clicking on it once and click the play button on the monitor. This will preview the transition. 4. To add a transition between clips, click and hold the transition, drag and drop it over the clip in the timeline. 5. To delete a transition, click the transition in the timeline and click delete on the keyboard. UOIT ITEC Conference 2007 L. Adams, F. Cho, S. Geukjian & M. Sobczak Page 4 of 12

5 To Add Titles: 1. Select Make Titles or Credits from the options listed. 2. A variety of options will become available and listed beside the monitor. To add a title at the beginning of the movie: 3. Select Add title at the beginning of the movie. 4. Type in the title for the movie. It will automatically preview on the monitor. 5. The title animation, text font and colour can be changed by selecting these options below the More Options title. 6. Once you are finished, select Done, add title to movie. To add a title before, on, or after a selected clip: 4. Select the clip where you want to add the title. 5. Select the option (title before, on, or after) 6. Type in the title. It will automatically preview on the monitor. 7. The title animation, text font and colour can be changed by selecting these options below the More Options title. 8. Once you are finished, select Done, add title to movie. To Add Credits: 1. Select Make Titles or Credits from the options listed. 2. A variety of options will become available and listed beside the monitor. 3. Select Add credits at the end of the movie. 4. You will see a table with two columns. Text may be written in both columns, however their format differs. The column on the right will contain text that will appear larger than the column on the left. The text in the left column will appear above the text in the right column. Text does not need to be entered in both columns if you wish to have all the credits appear as the same size font and the first and last name appear next to each other instead of below each other, simply enter the text in the left column only and leave the right column blank. 5. Type in the credits for the movie. It will automatically preview on the monitor. UOIT ITEC Conference 2007 L. Adams, F. Cho, S. Geukjian & M. Sobczak Page 5 of 12

6 6. The animation, text font and colour can be changed by selecting these options below the More Options title. 7. Once you are finished, select Done, add title to movie. 3. Finish Movie To Save Your Movie to Your Computer: 1. Click on the down arrow to the right of the Finish Movie title in the Movie Tasks pane. A variety of options become available. 2. Select Save to my Computer. 3. A window will appear allowing you to type in a name for your movie and a location on your computer where the movie will be saved. 4. Click Next. 5. A window will appear allowing you to choose a specific format in which to save your movie. The same window will also tell you how much room the particular format will require to save your video and how much room is available on your computer. Making Minor Changes in the Timeline To lengthen or shorten the playtime of a clip, picture, title, effect, transition, or audio track, select the component from the timeline. A black-coloured box will appear around the selected component. At the righthand side of the box a small arrow will appear. When the cursor is placed on the black arrow, a red doublesided arrow appears, by clicking and holding it, you can lengthen or shorten its play length. UOIT ITEC Conference 2007 L. Adams, F. Cho, S. Geukjian & M. Sobczak Page 6 of 12

7 Producing the Video Importing Media 1. Open the File menu and select Import into Collections. Open the ITEC folder located on the Desktop. 2. Click once on ITEC_raw.wmv to select it. Make sure Create clips for video files is unchecked. 3. You should now see an icon of the clip in the Collections pane. Click and drag the icon down to the Timeline. Cutting the raw video 4. Click the Play button on the Timeline/Storyboard. Stop the video at approximately 0: Using the Previous/Next Frame buttons on the Monitor, set the time to approximately 0: Split the clip at this point using the Split Clip button on the Monitor. You should now have two clips on the Timeline or Storyboard Continue through the raw video, splitting the clip at approximately the following points: 0:19.33, 0:50.27, 0:53.35, 1:07.27, 1:32.80, 2: There should now be nine separate clips in the Timeline/Storyboard. Edit out the unwanted clips by selecting the clip in the Timeline/Storyboard and hitting the Delete key on the keyboard. UOIT ITEC Conference 2007 L. Adams, F. Cho, S. Geukjian & M. Sobczak Page 7 of 12

8 8. Delete the following unwanted clips: The short clip (about 3 sec) of Lesley at the desk. The next short clip (about 3 sec) of Marta fixing her hair. The fourth clip of Marta entering the room with outtakes (about 25 sec). The second last clip of Marta and Lesley at the desk with the outtake (about 19 sec). ***There should now be FIVE clips totalling a time of about 1:24. Adding Transitions 9. Click the Tasks Button on the toolbar to show the Tasks pane. Under Edit Movie, select View video transitions. 10. Fade In: Right-click on the first clip and select Fade In. Rewind the Timeline and click play to preview the fade. 11. Wipe: Scroll down to the bottom of the Video Transitions pane. Click and drag the Wipe, Normal Right to the Timeline/Storyboard, positioning it between the clips where the transition is wanted. A dark blue line appears between the clips when it is in the correct position. 12. Reveal: Select the Reveal Down transition and drag between the second and third clips. Click and drag the third clip to the left to increase the transition time. A blue block and triangle will appear indicating the transition time. 13. Fade: Select the Fade transition and drag it between the third and fourth clips. 14. Circle: Select the Circle transition and drag it between the fourth and fifth clips. 15. Fade Out: Right-click on the fifth clip and choose Fade Out. UOIT ITEC Conference 2007 L. Adams, F. Cho, S. Geukjian & M. Sobczak Page 8 of 12

9 Adding Titles 16. Click the Tasks Button on the toolbar to show the Tasks pane. Under Edit Movie, select Make Titles or Credits. Select the first clip in the Timeline/Storyboard. 17. Click Add title on the selected clip in the timeline. Type Plagiarism in the upper box and A Public Service Announcement in the lower box. 18. Click Done, add title to movie when finished. 19. Click Make titles or credits in the Tasks pane. 20. Click on Add credits at the end of the movie. Type The End in the top row. In each of the columns and rows below type: Teacher, Marta; Student, Lesley; Camera, Fred. Right-click on the credits clip and Choose Fade Out. Adding Music 21. Open the File menu, and select Import into Collections. 22. Open the ITEC folder on the desktop and choose the Phil Collins music file. This file should now show up in the Collections pane. Drag this file to the beginning of the credits clip in the Timeline/Storyboard. The blue cursor should snap to the beginning of the clip. 23. The audio is too long, but it can be trimmed. Scroll to the right to find the end of the audio clip. Point the cursor to the end of the audio clip until a red cursor with arrows appears. 24. Click and drag left with this cursor until it snaps to the end of the credits clip. 25. Right click on the music clip and choose Fade Out. 26. Adjust the volume of the audio by right-clicking on the clip and choosing Volume. Finishing the Movie 27. Open the File menu and choose Save Movie File 28. Depending on the intended audience, you can choose one of several different formats. For our purposes, we will use My Computer. Click Next. 29. Type Plagiarism for the filename and choose the Desktop as the save location. Keep Best quality and click Next. Movie Maker will now render the video. This may take a few minutes. 30. Click Finish to watch the video (movie will automatically play in Windows Media Player). UOIT ITEC Conference 2007 L. Adams, F. Cho, S. Geukjian & M. Sobczak Page 9 of 12

10 Video Techniques Smooth, Steady, and Straight Digital video cameras get smaller each year. As a result, they become harder and harder to stabilize by hand because they have very little weight of their own. Trying to shoot footage by handholding causes the shaky cam effect where the image jumps around in short jerks or wobbles back and forth in time with the camera operator s steps. This is a dead giveaway of an amateur production. You should always strive to keep your image straight so that the horizon is level, steady so the image is not jumping around, and smooth so that camera movement is not jerky and distracting. To produce a stable and smooth picture, you must brace your arm or use a tripod. Bracing your arm could mean leaning against a wall or resting your elbow on your knee or a table. The best way to ensure a stable and straight shot, however, is to use a tripod. By mounting a camera on a tripod, you eliminate jerky hand motions. Most tripods also have a ball level which will tell you if the camera is level or straight. Whatever you do, keep your image as straight, steady, and smooth as possible to make it look as professional as possible. Lighting Lighting is difficult to get right. You can be out on location and shoot footage that looks fine as you shoot it, but when you dump the video on the computer, you notice that many of the details you were able to see while shooting are not there in the footage on the computer because they either washed out in white or were obscured by darkness. Although experience is the best teacher, read and follow these few simple rules while learning the techniques. 1. Position the subjects with the light source in front of them. Make sure that the subjects have light bouncing off of them into the camera and that the background is not too bright. As you can see in the figure to the right, the background is so bright that the camera is darkening the picture to the point that the subjects become silhouettes. There has to be more light on their faces or they need to stand against a darker background for the camera to be able record more facial details. A simple solution to this problem would be to put the camera on the other side of the subjects and allow the light to bounce off the subjects into the camera. 2. Try to shoot in the shade on bright sunny days Direct sunlight on a bright day causes a subject to have deep shadows. The sun can cause a hot spot on the subject and as a result cause the camera to let in less light. This will cause deeper shadows on the subject, especially around the eyes. The use of a reflector can reflect some light back into the shadowy areas. Probably the best solution to this lighting problem is to shoot in the shade. In the shade, the camera is not struggling to deal with the hot spot and can let in more detail about things that are not as well lit. 3. White balance your camera when shooting indoors Light bulbs give off light in a certain color. We are often not aware of this because our eyes and brains quickly compensate for the different color lights we are subjected to. Cameras however do not adjust as well as humans, and you will notice that footage shot in a gym or indoors often looks orange, yellow, or some other off color. To counteract this problem, all cameras have a white balance. Basically, when you white balance a camera, you are telling it what is white in a given lighting situation. However, the automatic white balance is frequently not as good as what you can achieve manually. Not all cameras will let you manually white balance, but if your camera has this feature, you should do it in extreme lighting situations, such as in a gym. UOIT ITEC Conference 2007 L. Adams, F. Cho, S. Geukjian & M. Sobczak Page 10 of 12

11 Framing The camera operator is responsible for making constant adjustments so that the subjects in a movie are placed in the proper position on the film. Placing subjects or figuring out what should be in the picture is called framing. Framing a stationary subject Centering every subject all the time is not very interesting. By using the Rule of Thirds, you can make your productions more appealing to watch. Divide your picture into thirds. Interesting elements of a picture should be placed on those lines or at their intersections. Framing a moving subject Framing a moving subject is a difficult task for a camera operator. It requires that the camera operator know where the subject is going so that space can be created in front of the subject. The Rule of Thirds places the moving subject on the back-third line moving toward the open third. Ideas for Using Digital Video in the Classroom School tours creating a video that helps a new student become familiar with the school Campaign ad promoting a product, service, or public service announcement Storytelling narrate a story and film it; students can use themselves as actors, narrators, or use props to tell the story (i.e. puppets, Play-Doh, create a shadow-story, drawings, etc.) Documentary/Newscast report on an important event related to current issues or the curriculum being studied; students may role-play different characters Point of view a video filmed from a particular point of view (i.e. shooting from the ground to represent the viewpoint of an insect, a particular animal s perspective, etc.) Educational movie present a particular curriculum topic to represent the lesson (i.e. each student makes a video of a specific concept and a handout that goes along with it students then watch each video and complete a set of handouts related to the main topic) How to - a video showing a demonstration or steps to creating something Music video create a music video using a karaoke version of a song and make-up your own lyrics related to the curriculum Claymation/Stop Frame Animation a frame-by-frame animation (i.e. Lego, Play-Doh, etc.) UOIT ITEC Conference 2007 L. Adams, F. Cho, S. Geukjian & M. Sobczak Page 11 of 12

12 Resources The following list of resources will help guide you through the video editing process and Windows Movie Maker atmosphere. Additional links are provided that include advanced video editing techniques and software. Basic Video Editing WINDOWS USERS Atomic Learning Includes free tutorials on the many features of Windows Movie Maker and additional information and techniques involved in video editing. ITEC Web Site Contains information about the Interactive Technology Education Conference held at UOIT as well as extra handouts and web links. Windows Movie Maker FREE download/update of Windows Movie Maker for Windows XP users. Windows Movie Maker: Making Movies Includes sample videos created using Windows Movie Maker and information about getting started using the movie editing program. MAC USERS Apple imovie HD Entry-level, full-featured standard and high definition video editing. FREE with new Macs, or $69 (educator). Apple imovie Tutorial An 11-page tutorial that includes instructions, helpful tips, and the basics of imovie. Advanced Video Editing WINDOWS USERS Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 Contains information on advanced Adobe software programs, articles and tutorials on product use and helpful tips when using the software. More advanced video editing. Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 Video Tutorials FREE Adobe video tutorials on how to add special effects and perform editing functions to a piece of video. More advanced video editing. MAC USERS Apple Final Cut Express HD A more advanced video editing program than imovie, that can be purchased for $199 (educator). Site contains product information, training and resources. Apple Final Cut Pro A professional video editing tool that costs $879 (educator). Site includes training resources to use the program and system requirements. UOIT ITEC Conference 2007 L. Adams, F. Cho, S. Geukjian & M. Sobczak Page 12 of 12

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