Table of ContentsIntroductionYou Say You Want a Revolution? .................................................. 1 Literacy for the 21st Century .............................................................. 1 The Power of Video........................................................................... 1 Video as an Educational Tool ........................................................... 2 Our Goals and Methods .................................................................... 2 How to Use This Book Getting Started ....................................................................... 3 iMovie Required .................................................................... 3 Headphones (or Speakers) Required ..................................... 4 What’s On the CD-ROM? .................................................... 5 Chapter 1 — iMovie TutorialOpening a Project .............................................................................. 7 Basic Layout of iMovie ..................................................................... 9 The Clips Pane ...................................................................... 9 The iMovie Monitor ............................................................ 10 The Sequence Viewer ......................................................... 12 Other Panes ......................................................................... 12 iMovie HD 6 Differences .................................................. 13 Menus and Labels ........................................................................... 14 Editing ............................................................................................. 15 Mark and Crop .................................................................... 16 Adding Clips to the Sequencer ............................................ 18 Viewing a Sequence ............................................................ 19 Watching It Full-screen ....................................................... 19 Splitting Clips ..................................................................... 20 Importing and Using Digital Still Photos ........................................ 21 Importing Images ............................................................... 21 Making Still Images Move ............................................................. 24 How to Use the Ken Burns Effect ...................................... 25 Working with Sound ...................................................................... 28 The Timeline View ............................................................. 28 Ways to Use Sound ............................................................ 31 Importing Sound Files ........................................................ 33 Using the Audio Pane ......................................................... 34 ITunes Library .................................................................... 34 Audio CD Tracks ................................................................ 35 IMovie Sound Effects ......................................................... 35 Recording from a Microphone ............................................ 35 Extracting Audio from a Video Clip ................................... 36 Editing Sound Clips ........................................................................ 37 Changing the Length of an Audio Clip ............................... 37 Changing Audio Levels within a Clip ................................. 38 Editing Video in the Timeline View ............................................... 39 Trimming Video Clips ........................................................ 40 Deleting and Adding Clips in the Timeline View ............... 41 Special Effects ................................................................................ 42 Transitions .......................................................................... 42 Adding Transitions ............................................................. 43 Effects (Filters) ................................................................... 45 Titles (Adding Text) ........................................................................ 48 The Titles Pane .................................................................... 48 Adjusting the Timing of a Text Effect ................................ 50 Adding Credits .................................................................... 52 Finishing Your Movie .................................................................... 53 A Trip Down Under – Editing Script ............................................. 54 Chapter 2 — iMovie Output OptionsMaking a CD-ROM Quality QuickTime Movie ............................. 56 Sharing Your Project on Tape ......................................................... 58 Copying to a MiniDV Tape ................................................ 58 Making VHS Tape Copies .................................................. 59 Creating a DVD .............................................................................. 61 Preparing Your Movie for iDVD........................................ 61 Setting Chapter Markers ..................................................... 62 Creating an iDVD Project ............................................................... 63 The iDVD Project ............................................................... 64 IDVD Themes .................................................................... 65 Titles ................................................................................... 66 Burning a DVD .................................................................. 66 Chapter 3 — Creating Your Own iMovie ProjectA New Movie Project ..................................................................... 69 Importing Video from a Camcorder ................................... 71 Importing Live Video .......................................................... 74 Importing Video from a Disk or Hard Drive ...................... 75 Exercises ......................................................................................... 76 About Video Camcorders ............................................................... 79 MiniDV Camcorders .......................................................... 79 Digital-8 Camcorders .......................................................... 79 DVC and DVCPro Camcorders ......................................... 80 High Definition Camcorders ............................................... 80 DVD Camcorders ............................................................... 81 Flash Memory Camcorders & Digital Cameras ................. 81 ISight Cameras .................................................................... 82 Analog Camcorders ............................................................ 82 The Movie Making Process Pre-Production ................................................................................ 83 Establishing a Theme .......................................................... 84 Writing a Script ................................................................... 85 Drawing a Storyboard ......................................................... 86 Scheduling for Production ................................................... 87 Location Scouting ................................................................ 88 Production: Tips for Shooting Your Own Video ............................ 89 Motion ................................................................................. 89 Camcorder in Motion .......................................................... 89 Zooming ................................................................. 90 Panning ................................................................... 91 Tilting ...................................................................... 92 Point of View (POV) .......................................................... 92 POV Equipment ..................................................... 92 Hand-held POV ...................................................... 92 Lock-down (Static) Shots .................................................... 94 Subject in Motion ................................................................ 95 Lighting ............................................................................... 96 Outdoor Lighting ..................................................... 96 Indoor Lighting ....................................................... 97 Sound .................................................................................. 98 Built-in Microphones .............................................. 98 Speech ..................................................................... 99 Post-Production: Editing Tips Q & A Session ............................. 100 Chapter 4 — Using Video in the Classroom Introduction ................................................................................... 103 Benefits of Video Production ........................................................ 103 Challenges of Video Production ................................................... 104 Classroom Production Tips .......................................................... 104 Classroom Video Projects ............................................................ 106 Cross-Curriculum Projects ............................................... 106 Language Arts/Foreign Language Projects ....................... 106 Science Projects ................................................................ 107 Math Projects .................................................................... 107 Social Studies Projects ...................................................... 107 Visual and Performing Arts Projects ................................ 107 Health and Physical Education Projects ............................ 108 Community Service/Electives Projects ............................. 108 Useful Web Links ......................................................................... 108 Video Production .............................................................. 108 IMovie Resources ............................................................. 108 Classroom Applications .................................................... 109 Appendix: iMovie HD 6 – What’s New? .............................. 111Glossary ......................................................................................................... 115 Index ............................................................................................................... 119 |
