Movie Making!

This project was not as hard as I thought once I got started on the video itself. Although frustrating, it was easy to learn as I went. Movie Making and Digital Storytelling is an awesome way to incorporate technology into any classroom. For my video, I used a bunch of images that I gathered from the Internet, however I did had clips of myself talking. Since I worked alone, it was hard to get out and get someone to record me, however, I made due with what I had. I did play around with FreePlayMusic and Audacity but in the end I just used the music that was already provided on IMovie. I have a Mac laptop so I used IMovie instead of MovieMaker. The whole process was actually pretty fun being able to make a movie was awesome. I didn't know that I could do something like that. I can imagine if I was a young child, the excitement and accomplishment I would feel after finishing a big project such as this.

This type of project could be easily used for any student or group of students to tell their story. They could tell a story of emotion, of personal life experiences. They could also use this project to show case what they learned during the duration of the lesson. It could be a like a final product showing their teacher what they learned. In my case, I told the story from a student point of view. I started off with my title clip which just had the title of the project and then my name and class. I then moved onto a picture of the world in hands and added an affect of a star shooting across the screen. On this clip, I recorded my voice on IMovie. I did this throughout the video on the clips that just had images on them. I alternated throughout the video, myself talking and still images. Throughout the movie, I used music playing in the background and messed with volume controls accordingly. At the end of my movie, I added a clip with credits on it. I did this by saving one my powerpoint slides as a jpeg and inserting it into my movie timeline. The video has two different songs which I acquired on IMovie. One of the songs is called "Dewdrops" and the other is called "Acoustic Sunrise."

Although my video was far from perfect and probably strayed away from the rubric in more ways than one, it was a great learning process. I think that with more experience throughout the years, the skills to make movies in the classroom can be perfected! I feel that I will definitely use this tool in my classroom whether it be a whole class project, a group project or quite possibly individual projects. With all the stress and frustration aside, I feel that this project would be beneficial for our students!