| MAKING
MOVIES WITH WINDOWS XP |
Course Description
Students will learn how to use their digital cameras to quickly capture
and edit their photos and video clips to produce polished, animated movies
using Windows Movie Maker and Photo Story 3. These free, and easy-to-use
Windows XP programs allow you to create, edit, and share your photos and
movies on your PC. We will also learn how to add transitions, special
effects, music and overlay narration as well as
use Movie Maker’s AutoMovie feature which allows you to share your video
by saving it to your computer, to a recordable CD or DVD, or as an
attachment to an email. |
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Course Objectives:
 | Learn how to import digital photos
into Movie Maker |
| Design, create and edit a movie
using Movie Maker |
| Import audio clips into Movie Maker |
| Import photos into Photo Story 3 |
| Add titles and customize motions with
Photo Story 3 |
| Create or select music with Photo Story
3 |
| Capture and work with digital video
clips |
| Expand and enrich your movie using
Creativity Fun packs |
| Save your movie to a PC or media file |
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Class Prerequisites:
| Knowledge of Microsoft Windows and
Microsoft Office |
| Web browsing skills and knowledge of email. |
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| Movie Maker Resources:
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Week 1 - Introduction to Movie
Maker
First Hour: Overview of Movie Maker
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| A. Student Intros. OLLI Computer Class files and folders.
Student Emails |
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| B.
Movie Maker Resources:
Online Tutorials, Books.
Newsletters |
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| C. Intro to digital camera capture
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Second Hour: Create a simple movie "My First
Movie"
(e.g. MyFirstMovie.wmv)
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| Import photos
(1.jpg - 5.jpg) and audio file (Beethoven's Symphony No. 9) |
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| Add Transitions and Special Effects in the
Timeline |
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| Add Titles, Overlays and Credits. Save
your movie |
Week 2 - Introduction to Photo
Store 3
First Hour: Overview of Photo Story 3
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How to download Photo Story 3 from
Microsoft |
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Photo Story 3
Resources:
Online Tutorials |
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| Instructor demos: "Alaska640" and "Panama640" |
Second Hour: Create a simple Photo Story
"My Second Movie"
(e.g., MySecondMovie.wmv)
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Import photos to Photo Story 3. Add titles. Add motion to your photos |
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| Create or Select Music. Save your Photo
Story |
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| Create a
1-2 minute video using Photo Story 3, (e.g. "China
Beach" PS_ChinaBeach_640.wmv) |
Week 3 - Combine Movie Maker
and Photo Story 3
First Hour: Add PS3 to Movie Maker to create "My Third Movie"
(e.g., MyThirdMovie.wmv)
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Import your "MySecondMovie.wmv" into Movie Maker |
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Import both Photos & Movie Clip: e.g., "The Virtual Den"
(den1.wmv), (CinqueTerre3.wmv) |
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| Capture and edit video clips. Split, combine and trim clips |
Second Hour: Individual Student
Presentations
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| Capture CD audio files. Download
Creativity packs from Microsoft |
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| Import and demonstrate student video files |
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| Homework: Create a two minute movie.
e.g." Dirty3.wmv" |
Week 4 - Create a Video Project
First Hour: Tell a story of a person, event, animal
or object
Second Hour: Individual Student
Presentations
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| Demonstrate individual student Movies |
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| Class Evaluations |
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| Updated
03/03/2008 |
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