Sunday, 8 November 2015

Module 8 Journal Entry Digital Storytelling


According to Microsoft, (2015) Windows Movie Maker is a structure of windows Vista that allows individuals to design home movies and slide shows on the computer. This tool allows the figures to look professional because they can have titles, transitions, effects, music, and even narration. Windows Movie Maker can be used to publish the movie and share it. There are three areas of Movie Maker. The tasks panes, the storyboard or timeline and the preview monitor. Also, there is a menu bar and contents pane.

You must choose the pane to work in, according to what you want to do. The task pane consist of the common task can be used for editing and publishing of movies. The collection pane collects clips. The collection pane is on the left and the contents pane is on the right. The contents pane shows what’s happening while you are working. The contents pane and the collection pane allows you to take clips to the storyboard or timeline or to the preview monitor. The storyboard and the timeline is in the area that is used to make the movie. The storyboard allows you to rearrange the clips. Audio clips are not displayed on the storyboard. However, they can be seen in the timeline view which is more detailed. The timeline allows persons to alter the clips. The timeline view allows persons to preview everything before printing it as a movie. There are buttons to the bottom monitor that are used during this process. After everything is completed to ones likeness the movie can then be published. (Richardson J., 2013)

During the process of making the movie persons will need to follow each step carefully. Photos and videos will be used. This can be done by using a USB cable to connect the camera to the computer. To begin making a movie, any video that should be used should be added to Movie Maker. Then, the video will be cut or reduced so that only the part needed would be used. Sometimes a video may be split into two smaller parts so that the video is fixed to play in any given order. Also, the speed of the video can be altered. The audio editing tools allows persons to adjust the volume and fade the music in and out and even change when the music starts or end. This will make the movie sound professional. At the end, a theme can be chosen so that the title and credits can be added. This movie can be edited to [produce the final piece, before sharing on the web. This process will afford individuals the opportunity to watch their movie online.

Just like other professional movies that would have been upgraded, my movie can be upgraded too. I am hoping that one day my movie (Living and Non-Living Things) will be upgraded. This movie was structured to for students at the grade two level. Therefore, it is simple and straight forward so that they will be able to grasp the concept, after watching it. It is anticipated that after watching this movie, the students who are ages six and seven should be able to correctly differentiate between a living thing and a non-living thing. Hence, this piece can be improved by using the tools Window Movie Maker has made available, to join more complex and creative videos as they are being split. They will be split and fixed into a more appropriate order, to suit students at a higher level. The speed, volume and fading in and out of the music would be altered to motivate the students and to create a more advanced and professional sound. The results would most definitely be an improved version of Living and Non-Living Things by Ayodele McCurchin.
Sample of video made in Windows Movie Maker :
 
 

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