iMovie Introduction: Project 1

This assignment is worth 164 points. Be sure and read all of your instructions before you start!

You will be completing a short project in iMovie in order to learn some of its techniques. Your assignment requires you to record a very short video clip, no longer than one minute, but at least 15 seconds, about you. When you get more familiar with iMovie, you will be required to complete a written story board about your project. Lets get started!

  1. (10 pts) Create a new project with a 4:3 aspect ratio, name/save it as iMovie_2011_YourName
  2. (20 pts) You will start out with an introductions where you introduce yourself using the Open Camera Import Window. You are to use direct audio input either with the Snowball, Snowflake or Headset. Audio input must be at least 15 seconds. Make sure the room is quiet and ask students to move if they are not to be in your background. Take pride in this project, it will be shown to other classes. Here is an example of how you could start out. You can come up with something totally different if you wish.
  3. (50 pts, 5 pts for each picture) You are to include at least 10 pictures of you, or you with your friends using pictures from the yearbook file. You can use one or two pictures from Photobooth. You will need to import the pictures you need into iPhoto if you have not already done so.
  4. (25 pts, 5 pts for each title) You are to include text Title on your slides.
  5. (24 pts, 2 pts for each transition) You are to include Transitions for every picture. Do this last.
  6. (10 pts) You are to include music and or sound effects. Bring in a song or use a song you already have loaded on your computer. We will work on editing the song to fit your movie. It seems to be rather hard to edit the timeline music for the movie.
  7. (5 pts) You need to have an ending slide that says "This video was created by: Your Name". Be creative with it.
  8. (10 pts) When the project is completed, share the movie to your Documents folder and save it as stated in step 1. Then copy it into the Public folder, into the folder called AA_Multi-Media_2011-2012/iMovie_2011.
  9. (10 pts) Your video is to be a minimum of 1 minute and 30 seconds. A maximum of 2 minutes.
  10. Have fun and be creative with this assignment. We are learning iLife suite together. So be as adventurous as you can be while having good, clean fun! You will be graded on your quality of work. Do not just throw something together.