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Heidee BrimhallHeidee BrimhallBrian O’DellBrian O’DellJason OwenJason Owen

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What is Movie Maker?What is Movie Maker?Why is it Important in Education?Why is it Important in Education?Movie Maker TutorialMovie Maker TutorialExamples of UseExamples of UseResourcesResources

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What is Movie Maker?What is Movie Maker? Windows Movie Maker is a free video Windows Movie Maker is a free video

editing softwareediting software

It contains features such as effects, It contains features such as effects, transitions, titles/credits, audio track, transitions, titles/credits, audio track, timeline narration, and Auto Movietimeline narration, and Auto Movie

New effects and transitions can be made New effects and transitions can be made and existing ones can be modified using and existing ones can be modified using XML codeXML code

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Why is it Important in Why is it Important in Education?Education?

For a student, it can be a tool to explore For a student, it can be a tool to explore technology in a cross-curricular settingtechnology in a cross-curricular setting

As a teacher, it can create a way to As a teacher, it can create a way to enhance learning through visual and audio enhance learning through visual and audio videovideo


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Movie Maker TutorialMovie Maker Tutorial

TransitionsTransitions Special EffectsSpecial Effects Titles and CreditsTitles and Credits MusicMusic NarrationNarration Creating Clips from Existing ClipCreating Clips from Existing Clip Trimming ClipsTrimming Clips

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TransitionsTransitions

Download clips or Download clips or videos from cameravideos from camera

Go to Movie Tasks Go to Movie Tasks Pane, Edit Movie, View Pane, Edit Movie, View Video TransitionsVideo Transitions

Preview transitions by Preview transitions by double-clicking them double-clicking them and watching the and watching the Preview Monitor. Preview Monitor.

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Once you have Once you have located a transition located a transition you like, drag it you like, drag it from the Video from the Video Transitions pane, Transitions pane, under Edit Movie under Edit Movie pane to the box pane to the box between two of your between two of your clips. This inserts clips. This inserts the transition the transition between the two between the two clips. clips.

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In the Preview In the Preview Monitor, click the Monitor, click the Video Transitions Video Transitions pane, under Play pane, under Play button to watch button to watch your transition in your transition in action. action.

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If you decide not If you decide not to use any to use any transition, right-transition, right-click it on the click it on the storyboard, and storyboard, and click Delete. click Delete.

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Transitions cause your video clips to Transitions cause your video clips to overlap by about one second, which overlap by about one second, which means you will not see all of the first or means you will not see all of the first or last second of your clip. last second of your clip.

When you're filming, it's good to start the When you're filming, it's good to start the camera a few seconds before the action camera a few seconds before the action starts, and to keep filming for a couple of starts, and to keep filming for a couple of seconds afterward so that you have time seconds afterward so that you have time to transition between scenes. to transition between scenes.

If you don't need the extra time in a clip, If you don't need the extra time in a clip, you can trim you clips in Movie Maker.you can trim you clips in Movie Maker.

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Types of Special EffectsTypes of Special Effects

Speed up a clip using Speed up a clip using Speed UpSpeed Up, , DoubleDouble, or , or slow down a clip using slow down a clip using Slow Down, HalfSlow Down, Half..

Zoom in using Zoom in using Ease InEase In, or zoom out using , or zoom out using Ease OutEase Out..

Make a clip appear older by using Make a clip appear older by using Sepia ToneSepia Tone, , Film AgeFilm Age, or , or Grayscale.Grayscale.

Rotate a clip using one of the Rotate effectsRotate a clip using one of the Rotate effects Fade in using one of the Fade in using one of the Fade In effectsFade In effects, or , or

fade out using one of the fade out using one of the Fade Out effectsFade Out effects.. Fix exposure problems using Fix exposure problems using BrightnessBrightness, ,

DecreaseDecrease or or Brightness, IncreaseBrightness, Increase..

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Special EffectsSpecial Effects• Download clips or Download clips or

vides from cameravides from camera• Go to Movie Tasks Go to Movie Tasks

Pane, Edit Movie, Pane, Edit Movie, View Video EffectsView Video Effects

• Preview transitions Preview transitions by double-clicking by double-clicking them and watching them and watching the Preview Monitor. the Preview Monitor.

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Special EffectsSpecial Effects

Once you have Once you have found an effect you found an effect you like, drag it from the like, drag it from the Video Effects pane Video Effects pane to one of your clips. to one of your clips. This adds the effect This adds the effect to the clip, which to the clip, which you can see by you can see by looking at the star in looking at the star in the lower-left corner the lower-left corner of the clip. of the clip.

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In the Preview In the Preview Monitor, click the Monitor, click the Play button to watch Play button to watch your effect in action. your effect in action.

You can add more than You can add more than one effect to a clip. one effect to a clip.

You can also add a You can also add a single effect multiple single effect multiple times to increase the times to increase the effect.effect.

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If you don't like If you don't like the effect, right-the effect, right-click the star icon click the star icon in the lower-left in the lower-left corner of the clip, corner of the clip, and click Delete and click Delete Effects.Effects.



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Titles and CreditsTitles and Credits

Opening titles Opening titles introduce your file introduce your file and provide the and provide the setting.setting.

Credit at the end of Credit at the end of the movie telling the movie telling people who was in people who was in the movie and the movie and created it. created it.

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Use titles to Use titles to introduce a scene introduce a scene or tell what is or tell what is happening in a happening in a scene.scene.

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Download clips or Download clips or videos from cameravideos from camera

If you want to add a If you want to add a title before, after, or title before, after, or on top of a clip, click on top of a clip, click the clip on the the clip on the storyboard or storyboard or timeline.timeline.

In the Movie Tasks In the Movie Tasks pane, Edit Movie, pane, Edit Movie, Make titles or credits. Make titles or credits.

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Choose the type Choose the type of title you want of title you want to add. to add. Title at the Title at the

beginningbeginning Title before the Title before the

selected clipselected clip Title on the Title on the

selected clipselected clip Title after the Title after the

selected clipselected clip Credits at the endCredits at the end

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Click Change the Click Change the title animation. title animation. You can add You can add

between one-line between one-line titles, two-line titles, titles, two-line titles, and credits, which and credits, which can be many lines. can be many lines. You can use credits You can use credits any time you need any time you need to display more to display more than two lines of than two lines of text, not just at the text, not just at the end of your video. end of your video.

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On the Choose the On the Choose the Title Animation page, Title Animation page, browse through the browse through the different animations different animations and watch them in and watch them in the Preview Monitor the Preview Monitor to get an idea of to get an idea of what they'll look like. what they'll look like. When you find the When you find the animation you want animation you want to use, click Change to use, click Change the text font and the text font and color color

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On the Select Title On the Select Title Font and Color page, Font and Color page, choose the color and choose the color and font you want to font you want to use. If you're adding use. If you're adding the title over a clip, the title over a clip, use a dark font color use a dark font color for bright scenes for bright scenes and a light font color and a light font color for dark scenes. for dark scenes. Then click Edit the Then click Edit the title text. title text.

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On the Enter Text On the Enter Text for Title page, for Title page, enter your text. enter your text. Then click Done Then click Done to add the title to to add the title to your movie. your movie.

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If prompted to If prompted to switch to the switch to the timeline view, timeline view, click OK.click OK.

In the Preview In the Preview Monitor, click the Monitor, click the Play button to see Play button to see how your title will how your title will look in your video. look in your video.

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If you want to change your title, right-If you want to change your title, right-click the title on the Title Overlay row of click the title on the Title Overlay row of the timeline, and then click Edit Title on the timeline, and then click Edit Title on the shortcut menu. the shortcut menu.



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Putting Music into the VideoPutting Music into the Video

On the On the FileFile menu, click menu, click Import into Import into CollectionsCollections –or- click –or- click Import audio or Import audio or musicmusic in the Movie in the Movie Tasks pane, under Tasks pane, under Capture VideoCapture Video..

In In File nameFile name, enter , enter the path and file name the path and file name of the file you want to of the file you want to import, and then click import, and then click ImportImport. .

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Putting Music into the VideoPutting Music into the Video Drag the song from the Drag the song from the

collection to the video clip collection to the video clip where you want the music where you want the music to start playing. to start playing.

On the Audio or Audio/Music On the Audio or Audio/Music track of the timeline, select track of the timeline, select the audio clip. You can dothe audio clip. You can do of of the the following:following: To fade in the audio, on the To fade in the audio, on the

ClipClip menu, point to menu, point to AudioAudio, , and then click and then click Fade InFade In. .

To fade out the audio, on the To fade out the audio, on the ClipClip menu, point to menu, point to AudioAudio, , and then click and then click Fade OutFade Out..


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Adding NarrationAdding NarrationTo narrate the timeline of the video:To narrate the timeline of the video: Add any video clips, pictures, Add any video clips, pictures,

titles, or credits that you want titles, or credits that you want to display in your project to the to display in your project to the storyboard/timeline.storyboard/timeline.

On the On the ViewView menu, click menu, click TimelineTimeline. .

Move the playback indicator on Move the playback indicator on the timeline, which appears as the timeline, which appears as a square with a vertical line, to a square with a vertical line, to a point on the timeline where a point on the timeline where the Audio/Music track is empty the Audio/Music track is empty and where you want to begin and where you want to begin your audio narration. your audio narration.

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Adding NarrationAdding Narration To see more options, click To see more options, click Show more optionsShow more options, ,

and do the following: and do the following: If you have added other audio clips to the Audio/Music If you have added other audio clips to the Audio/Music

track and you do not want the other clips to shift on track and you do not want the other clips to shift on the timeline, select the the timeline, select the Limit narration to available Limit narration to available free space on Audio/Music trackfree space on Audio/Music track check box. check box.

In the In the Audio deviceAudio device list, click the audio capture list, click the audio capture device you want to use. Then, in device you want to use. Then, in Audio input Audio input sourcesource, click the line that you want to use. , click the line that you want to use.

To adjust the volume of your captured audio, move To adjust the volume of your captured audio, move the the Input levelInput level slider to the level you want to use. slider to the level you want to use.

Select the Select the Mute speakersMute speakers check box to prevent the check box to prevent the audio from a video clip on the timeline from playing audio from a video clip on the timeline from playing back over your speakers while you are narrating the back over your speakers while you are narrating the timeline. This prevents unwanted audio from being timeline. This prevents unwanted audio from being captured in your narration. captured in your narration.

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Adding NarrationAdding Narration

Click Click Start NarrationStart Narration and begin and begin narrating the content on the timeline. narrating the content on the timeline.

Do one of the following: Do one of the following: If the If the Limit narration to available free Limit narration to available free

space on Audio/Music trackspace on Audio/Music track check box is check box is selected, narrate the timeline until the time selected, narrate the timeline until the time limit expires. limit expires.

If the If the Limit narration to available free Limit narration to available free space on Audio/Music track check boxspace on Audio/Music track check box is is cleared, click cleared, click Stop NarrationStop Narration after you have after you have finished narrating the contents on the timeline. finished narrating the contents on the timeline.

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Adding NarrationAdding Narration

In the In the File nameFile name box, type a name box, type a name for your captured audio narration, for your captured audio narration, and then click and then click SaveSave. .

The audio narration you captured is The audio narration you captured is imported automatically into the imported automatically into the current collection and the narration current collection and the narration is added automatically to the point is added automatically to the point on the Audio/Music track where the on the Audio/Music track where the narration was first started.narration was first started.

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Adding Narration NotesAdding Narration Notes

If you want to prevent unwanted audio If you want to prevent unwanted audio from being captured in your narration from being captured in your narration when you are narrating video on the when you are narrating video on the timeline, try using headphones when timeline, try using headphones when adding and capturing your audio narration. adding and capturing your audio narration. That way, you can hear the audio of a That way, you can hear the audio of a video clip you might be narrating while video clip you might be narrating while you are capturing your audio narration, you are capturing your audio narration, while simultaneously preventing the audio while simultaneously preventing the audio of the video clip from being captured of the video clip from being captured unintentionally in the narration. unintentionally in the narration.

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Adding Narration NotesAdding Narration Notes

If you are capturing an audio If you are capturing an audio narration and the volume of the narration and the volume of the captured audio is too low, make sure captured audio is too low, make sure that Microphone Boost is enabled (if that Microphone Boost is enabled (if your specific audio card supports your specific audio card supports Microphone Boost). For complete Microphone Boost). For complete information, see the documentation information, see the documentation provided with your sound card or provided with your sound card or computer. computer.


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Creating Clips from Existing Creating Clips from Existing ClipClip

In the Contents pane, select the video clip for In the Contents pane, select the video clip for which you want to detect clips. which you want to detect clips.

On the On the ToolsTools menu, click menu, click Create ClipsCreate Clips. . NOTENOTE: The video clip is divided into clips : The video clip is divided into clips

according to the video source. If the video clip is according to the video source. If the video clip is from a DV camera, clips are created based on from a DV camera, clips are created based on the time stamps inserted by the DV camera. If the time stamps inserted by the DV camera. If time stamps or other file markers are not time stamps or other file markers are not present, clips are based on each significant present, clips are based on each significant frame change in the video. If the video clip is frame change in the video. If the video clip is from an analog source, clips are created based from an analog source, clips are created based on each significant frame change in the video. on each significant frame change in the video.

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Trimming ClipsTrimming Clips

On the View menu, click Timeline. On the View menu, click Timeline. In the Collections pane, click the In the Collections pane, click the

collection that contains the clip you collection that contains the clip you want to add, and then click the clip want to add, and then click the clip you want to trim in the Contents you want to trim in the Contents pane. pane.

On the Clip menu, click Add to On the Clip menu, click Add to Timeline.Timeline.

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On the timeline, select the clip you On the timeline, select the clip you want to trim. want to trim.

On the timeline, click the playback On the timeline, click the playback indicator and drag it to the point indicator and drag it to the point where you want to trim the clip -or- where you want to trim the clip -or- use the playback controls on the use the playback controls on the monitor to go to the point where monitor to go to the point where you want to trim the clip.you want to trim the clip.

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Do the following: Do the following: When the playback indicator is at the When the playback indicator is at the

point where you want the selected video point where you want the selected video or audio clip to start playing back, on the or audio clip to start playing back, on the ClipClip menu, click menu, click Set Start Trim PointSet Start Trim Point. .

When the playback indicator is at the When the playback indicator is at the point where you want the selected video point where you want the selected video or audio clip to stop playing back, on the or audio clip to stop playing back, on the ClipClip menu, click menu, click Set End Trim PointSet End Trim Point..

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You can also drag the trim handles to You can also drag the trim handles to set the start and end trim points. The set the start and end trim points. The trim handles appear when the clip is trim handles appear when the clip is selected on the timeline. selected on the timeline.


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Examples of UseExamples of UseEducationEducationEntertainmentEntertainmentBusinessBusiness

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EducationEducation

Microsoft Movie Maker has several Microsoft Movie Maker has several uses dealing with education from uses dealing with education from presentation to informational.presentation to informational.

The next screen has a small list of The next screen has a small list of examples of how MS Movie Maker is examples of how MS Movie Maker is used.used.

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Animation is a great activity to integrate ICT into Animation is a great activity to integrate ICT into other curriculum areas such as: Design technology other curriculum areas such as: Design technology children can use a variety of different media to children can use a variety of different media to design and create the 3-D characters used in the design and create the 3-D characters used in the animation. Plasticine, matchboxes, vegetables, animation. Plasticine, matchboxes, vegetables, Legos, and pipe cleaners make wonderful characters.Legos, and pipe cleaners make wonderful characters.

Art: Create 2-D and 3-D characters to animate. Art: Create 2-D and 3-D characters to animate. Drawing the characters (on paper and computer) and Drawing the characters (on paper and computer) and designing the scenery effectively integrates art with designing the scenery effectively integrates art with ICT.ICT.

Language Arts: Story writing, information writing, Language Arts: Story writing, information writing, recounts, advertisement and poster writing for the recounts, advertisement and poster writing for the films (persuasive writing), invitation writing, labeling films (persuasive writing), invitation writing, labeling drawings, writing play scripts, and using speech drawings, writing play scripts, and using speech marks and speech bubbles are just a few ways to marks and speech bubbles are just a few ways to integrate language arts and ICT.integrate language arts and ICT.

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Social Studies: Animate an important Social Studies: Animate an important event in history or explore the history event in history or explore the history of animation.of animation.

Science: Try animating the life cycle of Science: Try animating the life cycle of a frog or butterfly, the orbits of the a frog or butterfly, the orbits of the planets, the process of building a planets, the process of building a skeleton, or the creation of a food skeleton, or the creation of a food chain or spider web.chain or spider web.

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EntertainmentEntertainment

The entertainment industry has The entertainment industry has always made movies based on always made movies based on different scenes or sequences. With different scenes or sequences. With Microsoft Movie Maker, producers Microsoft Movie Maker, producers and directors can easily plug the and directors can easily plug the different scenes right into the bottom different scenes right into the bottom of the movie creation scene within of the movie creation scene within the program to get a composite look the program to get a composite look at their work.at their work.

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BusinessBusiness

In these times of security, business have In these times of security, business have started using video recorders to create started using video recorders to create an environment to secure their business an environment to secure their business matters. For example, small business matters. For example, small business that do not have the money for a major that do not have the money for a major monitoring system can use a secured monitoring system can use a secured computer to record all movement and computer to record all movement and actions and record evidence of actions and record evidence of misconduct and make a video misconduct and make a video presentation to the proper authorities for presentation to the proper authorities for prosecution of criminals.prosecution of criminals.

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Movie Maker ResourcesMovie Maker Resources

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