The Professional Institute for Educators ED*7171C*02 William Ziegler, Katharine Witman,

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1 1 of 7 7/19/2010 4:03 PM The Professional Institute for Educators ED*7171C*02 William Ziegler, wziegler@uarts.edu Katharine Witman, kalinerk@uarts.edu Course Description Digital video is a dynamic medium, which can play a role in the classroom as an important way for students and educators to create, share and understand content in any curriculum. Apple imovie is a remarkable program that comes free with each new Macintosh computer. It can introduce complex concepts in editing digital video in an easy to grasp way. Plan, record and edit in imovie to learn basic digital video editing skills. Course Objective imovie HD '06 The participants will be able to Name the interface a video camera needs to use imovie HD '06. Connect a video camera to a firewire equipped Mac. Import digital stills into iphoto Create albums in iphoto Import songs into itunes Create a new imovie. Import a Video into imovie. Split, delete, move, reverse, speed up and slow down video clips. Add transitions to video clips. Add various titles to video clips. Apply the Ken Burn s Effect Create stills from videos. Adjust the still s length. Add sound effects to video clips Record a narration. Add music to video clips. Import MP3 files Import a song from a CD. Compose a song using GarageBand Learn basic video camera shooting techniques Plan, video, tape and edit a personal imovie.

2 2 of 7 7/19/2010 4:03 PM Save a movie as various formats of quicktime files and DVD. Design a DVD user interface Import video, stills and music onto a DVD Burn a DVD Course Assessment Grading will be based on the successful completion of a DVD consisting of at least 4 student edited videos which include elements of Titles, Transitions, Music, Stills, Videos, The Ken Burns Effect, Visual, Sound and Audio Effects. Three of the video projects will be from class instruction. The final video will be a personal video, at least 4 minutes in length, encompassing all the imovie '06 features covered in class. Session 1 Date: :00- Overview of course 9:15- ilife Overview & Sample Projects 10:00- Making a Magic Movie 10:15- GarageBand Demonstration Building a song itunes Demonstration Loading CD s Creating Play Lists/Albums The Music Store iphoto Demonstration Loading Digital Pictures Albums 10:45- Break Monday- 11:00- Hands on itunes Loading CD s Creating Play Lists/Albums

3 3 of 7 7/19/2010 4:03 PM Hands on iphoto Loading your Digital Pictures Creating Albums, Editing Stills, Creating Slideshow 12:00- Lunch 1:00- Opening Day Videos and Sample Projects 2:00- Clip Splitting exercise 2:30- Loading Magic Show Demo editing of the Magic Movie Concepts, objects and skills you will learn The Clip Plane The Clip Viewer Viewing clips as Timeline or thumbnail Video track Audio track Clip speed slider Timeline zoom Edit volume Volume level bar Transferring video clips to the TimeLine Video Editing Splitting clips Controlling your clip s audio UNDO The Transitions Pane The Audio Pane The Effects Pane 3:30- Project One Follow the step-by-step instructions to re-create the Magic Movie Edit clips Add Transitions

4 4 of 7 7/19/2010 4:03 PM Add music Add Sound Effects Add titles 5:30- Intro to Cape May Project Session 2 Date: :00- Continue working on Magic Show 9:30- Opening Day Videos and Sample Projects 10:00- Making a Music/informational Cape May Video Working with stills & clips Music Editing Video Effects Capturing stills from video Creating stills from video 11:30- Ken Burns Lesson with mega-pixel Cape May stills. 12:00- Lunch 1:00- Using iphoto Slide Shows in you imovie 1:45- Video Cameras Working with Video/Still Cameras Types of cameras BetaMax/Vhs/VHSc/8 mm/hi8mm/digital8/minidv/dvd/harddrive/stills Analog/Digital converters Loading tapes Lighting concerns Lux Backlighting Focus Manual Auto

5 5 of 7 7/19/2010 4:03 PM Zooming Programming Camera Effects Capturing sound Built-in mike Shotgun Wireless 2:15- Composition- Rule of Thirds, Lines, Angles, close-ups, head room, lead space Length of shots Sample youtube videos Project Three First movie from scratch. 3:00- Hand out cameras/review of controls & shooting techniques. Shoot footage around the IU illustrating at least 3 good and bad video techniques. Create a movie with titles illustrating good and bad video examples with your sample clips. Music and voice over encouraged. Working in teams of 2 s, 3 s or 4 s, create a 1 to 3 minute sample movie illustrating improper and proper filming techniques. Videos must include transitions and titles, music and/or voiceover. Hand out camera and review of camera controls/ shooting techniques. 4:00- Load videos into imovie and start editing Session 3 Date: Wednesday

6 6 of 7 7/19/2010 4:03 PM 9:00- Work on existing projects 10:00- Opening Day Videos and sample projects 10:00- Video examples The Bristol Project Using story boards Copyright Stills Music SmartSounds, GarageBand, CD s 10:30- Voice Over Demo 11:00- Finish editing "Magic Movie", "Cape May Video" and "Good/Bad Examples" 12:00- Lunch 1:00- Intro to idvd 1:30- Making your first DVD 2:30- Finishing touches on Magic Movie/Cape May Movie/ Good/Bad Techniques Start storyboarding/shooting/editing Final Video Session 4 Date: :00- Classroom uses of imovies 9:30- Exploring Classroom examples on your own 10:00- Begin Final Project Session 5 Date: Continue work on Final Project, Magic Movie, Cape May, Techniques 3:00- Start burning DVD's

7 7 of 7 7/19/2010 4:03 PM 3:30- Film festival- 3-5 minutes presentation of your DVD's Student Materials Total Material Cost: $0 (Total Required: $0) All students are expected to attend classes regularly and promptly, and for the duration of the scheduled instructional time. Individual instructors will decide the optimum time for taking attendance and may penalize for habitual lateness of absence. Repeated absences may result in a grade of "F" for the course. Students who withdraw from a course must do so in writing. Nonattendance does not constitute an official withdrawal. Educators taking courses for credit are required to complete assignments for evaluation outside of direct contact hours. These assignments may include lesson plans, readings, papers, projects, presentations or other work relating the course content to classroom application. Most final course projects will be due two weeks after the final class meeting. An official grade report will be provided automatically 10 to 15 business days after projects are submitted. Courses for credit qualify for PA Act 48 standards; non-credit coursework does not qualify. A three credit class will be posted as Act hour equivalency. Students must supply their unique PA Act 48 Professional Personal ID number and complete the request form, distributed in class, to have their credit course posted. Act 48 posting to the PA Department of Education occurs at the end of each month, after final grading for coursework is complete. The University of the Arts reserves the right to cancel classes due to low enrollment, reschedule any course or to change the instructor. If a cancellation should occur, students will be notified prior to the start of classes and will have the option of taking another course or receiving a full refund. The University is not responsible for supplies that may be purchased in advance.