Video
Workshop
Catheryn Cheal
Oakland University
1. Create a new video
project in iMovie. Click on the video camera button. Click Capture and begin speaking.
(Hints for talking on camera.)
- Have a script or notes about what you'll say.
- Create pauses between sentences for easy editing
later.
- If you flub your speech, just say,
"Cut!" and pause and then start speaking again. That will help you find the spot later for editing. There is no need
to stop recording or rerecord.
- Look at the camera whenever possible to avoid
the shifty eyes syndrome.
- Don't fidget.
- Remember to smile once in a while and speak as
if someone were there to hear you.
2. When finished, click Done. This will create frames and clips on your Event Library. Click the Play button (arrow) at the lower left area to preview in the upper right area, the Viewer.
3. Edit: Increase the number of frames of your event images by adjusting the slider to the left. Only select (by means of clicking a yellow box) the needed frames. Drag those frames up onto the Project Library (timeline)
and click the play button to replay your video. Click on the little wheel in the lower left of the clip to crop or make adjustments.
4. Trimming material:
Drag the red playhead over the clip in the Project Library to see what to delete. Select the area to delete with a yellow box. Then in the top menu, click on Delete Selection. Or choose the area you want to keep and in the top menu, click on Trim to Selection.
Precision Editor: Click on the wheel in the lower left of the clip and choose Precision Editor. Then fine tune the intersection between 2 clips.
5. Add title:
a.
Click on the T icon to open the Titles browser. Choose one of the title templates and drag in front of the clips in the Project Library.
b.
Edit the text in the Viewer. Fill in the title information. Make any changes you want in the font
and duration. You can add additional fonts in Preferences.
6. Adding images over the
main speaker:
Drag an image (jpeg, gif, or png) from your desktop onto your video in the Project Library. Release mouse and choose from the popup menu, Cutaway. This will separate your audio out and continue it while showing the image in place of the speaker's face. Click on the wheel in the lower left of the clip and choose Clip Adjustments to change duration and the Ken Burns effect (image panning).
7. Adding diagrams from
PowerPoint or Keynote
a.
Create one slide in PowerPoint or Keynote and draw elements on it or add photographs.
b.
Choosing one element at a time, create transitions between the elements of
text, images, and/or photographs.You do this by Automatic Builds in the
Inspector in Keynote and through the Slide Show and Custom Animations in
PowerPoint.
c.
Export this one slide as a movie or .mov file (Quicktime). Save it to your desktop and then
drag it from your desktop to your video in the Project Library.
8. Saving.
a. In the menu, click on Share and Export Movie. This allows you to compress and save different file sizes for different purpose.
b. If you already have a YouTube account and want to mount your video there, choose: Share with YouTube. Put in account information, title, etc. and Check off Personal and make the video Public.
Mounting
videos on YouTube
1. Go to http://www.youtube.com/ and create
an account
2. Click on MyVideos and Click Upload and Video File
3. Click Upload again on the next page and find your mov file
on your computer.
4. When uploaded, go to
Embed and Sharing Options to find the URL to put as a link in your Moodle
course. Select and copy the short URL. (It may take up to 30 min. or so for
your video to actually show up at that location.)
Add
YouTube link to Your Moodle Course
1. Open Moodle, go into your
course, and click on Turn Editing On and Add a Resource. Choose Link to a File
or Website. Fill out the form and paste the Short URL that you copied into the
Location box. Save and Return.
