15A

iMovie Maker?!

The last week in Inquiry we are watching every student’s rough draft of his or her final video projects.  Watching these videos helps me with revisions to my own movie because I gain ideas from my classmates.  In addition, I can view another student’s video and see their strengths and weaknesses.  It is very interesting to watch other video productions, clip style, introductions and overall content.

I enjoyed watching Faith’s video because it was humorous as well as truthful. Briana’s video was also very organized because she had many clips recorded in it. Each video the class watched was interesting because of the variety of topics and content that each one displayed. I would like to make my video humorous, truthful and informative.  I will try to include enough clips to keep the audience engaged.

There were also many weaknesses or drawbacks in some of the clips.  For example, during one of the videos the audio recording of the student’s talking was not loud enough for the audience to hear clearly.  Sometimes a video did not have a clear topic or main idea.  Another problem would be a lack of a good beginning, middle and end to the video. I am going to revise my video so that it has a very clear topic, as well as a beginning, middle and end so that the audience understands my topic.

Creating a movie using the software iMovie for the midterm project helped me learn to be comfortable with the moviemaker on Mac computers. I am glad I learned how to use this software because I have the ability to make a movie using my own clips, music and pictures. Using this program for the midterm video project taught me how to navigate the software, making it easier to complete the final video project for this class.