Videos

This was my favorite assignment so far. I used IMovie and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT! I did the video shots with my Flip camera and the clips were saved as media clips and they would not work in Movie Maker. I used the Flip software to make movie clips for each one and then was able to use them in IMovie. IMovie also has great tutorials that are easy to access while you are making your video. I'm so bad about trying to figure things out on my own, so I finally gave in and watched them....they were very helpful.

I highly recommend IMovie it is very user friendly and there are so many cool options. I had the old version of IMovie and I went ahead and upgraded to the IWork 09 for my next movie. I plan to use this software for vacations, classroom activities, etc. I loved it.

For the next video, I think I will try and borrow an actual video camera. My Flip was fine, but some of the shots at a distance were a little fuzzy. I also will use a tripod next time. My hand wasn't so steady. A couple of my shots (the tilt especially) were filmed too quickly. I will take multiple shots next time so that I have choices when I'm editing the video.

Another problem I had was compressing my video. The original video was over 95 MB and when I compressed it to upload to MediaFire, it was still 91 MB. I think next time I will need to compress the movie files before I edit the video. I'm still trying to figure out the whole "compressing" thing. If anyone has any tips, I would love them!