Create and Edit Movies with Windows Movie Maker

A Tutorial by Laura Cadavid

About the Software

• Windows Movie Maker 2.1 is an Instructional Software that provides teachers with instructional support. It is classified as a Professional Productivity software.

• Windows Movie Maker software is a Freeware (a.k.a. Open Source Software). It is a copyright software given away for free by the author (Microsoft).

• It can be downloaded free from Download. COM

http://www.download.com/Windows-Movie-Maker/3000-2194_4-10187903.html

How to get Windows Movie Maker

1. Start2. All Programs 3. Accessories 4. Windows Movie Maker

Follow this four simple steps to get to Windows Movie Maker from your computer

Microsoft Movie Maker Working Areas

Show Storyboard / Show Timeline

Movie Tasks

Movie / Picture Preview Window

Video, Pictures, MusicCollections

Importing pictures/video/music

1. Import Pictures

2. Select pictures from a file

Importing Pictures

Follow the same steps to import the pictures you want to use

1. Click picture

2. Import picture to collection area

Importing Music

1. Import music

2. Choose the song

3. Import to collection area

Add pictures to Storyboard from Collection

Click and drag picture to Storyboardrepeat with other pictures

Pictures / video / music collections

Enhance Movie by adding Effects and Transitions

1. Tools

2. Video Effects orVideo Transitions

Add Effects / Transitions in Storyboard view

Add Effects

Click effect and drag to star in picture

Add effects to pictures to make them look lively

Add TransitionsA transition controls how a movie plays a picture to the next

1. Go to Tools2. Video Transitions

3. Click and drag thetransition and place it in the rectangle between slides

Add Titles, Credits, overlays1. Tools

2. Titles and Credits

3. Choose from:•Title in beginning of movie•Credit at the end of movie•Title before a clip•Title on a clip

Add Title Page and Credit Page

Title page Preview credits

2. Click done to add credit

to movie

1. Enter text for credits

Add titles to pictures

Enter text

Overlay titles can only be added in Timeline View

Preview text

Click done to add overlays

Add musicIn Timeline View

Click and drag music to Audio / Music

section of Timeline

Click and drag to trim audio to fit video

Or add Narration

1. Click on microphoneto narrate Timeline

2. Start Narration

3. Stop narration

In Timeline View

Save Project

When you save your movie as a project you can edit the movie later

1. File

2. Save Project as

Preview movie before saving project

Save Movie

1. File2. Save Movie File 3. Save Movie to:

•My computer•Recordable CD•E-mail•The Web•DV Camera

4. Press NextFollow the directionson the screen

When saving your movie to computerSelect Best quality for playback

Classroom Resources

• Microsoft Windows Movie Maker How to center http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/default.mspx

• About. COM Beginner's Guide to Windows Movie Maker http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/powerpoint101/a/beginners_4.htm

• Atomic Learning Windows Movie Maker video tutorials http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/moviemaker2