Windows Movie Maker

Create and Download a Movie

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□ Create a small video□ Download a video from a video

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• Audio• Lighting Techniques• Framing• Focus

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□ Built-in Microphone is usually not the best

□ Alternatives■ External Microphone■ Lavaliere Microphone■ Omni directional Microphone■ Unidirectional Microphone

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□ Too much light - video washed out□ Too little light - video too grainy□ Bright light behind the subject will

cause the subject to be shadowed□ 3 Point Lighting is ideal

■ Key Light■ Back Light■ Fill Light

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□ Auto-focus can cause the focus of the camera focus to shift in low light or when movement appears in the background.

□ Use a Tripod to avoid shaking.□ Avoid using the zoom feature.□ Avoid moving backgrounds

■ Cars■ Trees blowing in the wind■ Crowds of people■ Fountains■ Computer screens/TV’s

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Windows Movie Maker

Editing and Enhancing your Movie

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□ Add transitions and special effects to your movie

□ Add titles and credits to your movie

□ Add music to your movie□ Add narration to your movie□ Save your final movie for

distribution

• Controls how your movie plays from one video clip or picture to the next.

• You can add a transition between two pictures, video clips, titles, or a combination of these.

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• Allow you to add special effects to your movie.

• An effect is applied for the entire duration that the video clip, picture or title displays in your movie.

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information– Title of the Movie– Name of Movie

Creator– Date

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• Supported File Formats:

– .aif, .aifc, .aiff .asf, .au, .mp2, .mp3, .mpa, .snd, .wav, and .wma

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.jfif, .jpe, .jpeg, .jpg, .png, .tif, .tiff, and .wmf

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• Supported File Types:– .asf, .avi, .m1v, .mp2

, .mp2v, .mpe, .mpeg, .mpg, .mpv2, .wm, and .wmv

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• File Types:– Windows Media

Video (WMV) files– Audio-Video

Interleaved (AVI) files