moviemaking

**Tools**
iMovie08 - [|Tutorials] iStopMotion - [|Education site]

Music for Your Movie
[|Freeplay Music] - Search for and download clips for your students to use in their class productions. Not for use if you plan to post projects on the web. Read the [|Terms of Use]. [|ccMixter] - //"browse this site to hear some of the [|great remixes] people have built from sampling music on this site, all licensed for use under Creative Commons license."// IMovie can import "jingles" that are already installed in the iLife Sound Effects folder on your computer. Or for a more creative option, why not have your students create their own music soundtrack with [|GarageBand]?

Transitions
Transitions are often overused. Watch a movie or a TV show. Do you see a lot of fancy transitions? Think of transitions as "visual punctuation". (Reference: Jon Orech's Wiki)
 * CUT - no punctuation or a comma
 * DISSOLVE or CROSS DISSOLVE - a period
 * FADE TO BLACK - new paragraph

Curriculum for Teaching Movie Making
[|AFI Screen Education] - Free registration required. [|AFI ScreenNation] - Teacher & Student tutorials, Celebrity Challenges, and a place for your students to share their videos online. [|Apple Digital Moviemaking Curriculum] - Free Registration required

[|How to make a movie without a video camera.] My tutorial that explains how to use iMovie08 to create digital riddles using still images.

Digital Riddle Sample Video - President Riddle media type="custom" key="698819"

How to Make a PhotoStory3-Type Movie Using iMovie08 media type="custom" key="698815"

Sample Projects that show what you can do with iMovie and photos/still images:
 * [|10/5 Digital Story]
 * [|Tidepool Riddles Project] / [|Sample Riddles] / [|Animal Riddles]
 * [|Back to School Project]
 * [|Suspense Stories]

The video below is an example of what happens when you put a bunch of Discovery Educators in a small room for an extended period of time. This video was created using only still images and clips downloaded from [|Discovery Streaming]. Some of the titles were created in Keynote, exported as Quicktime movies, and imported into iMovie. media type="custom" key="699479" For the real story behind this video visit my blog post: [|"Don't Take Him For Granite"]