1. Windows Movie Maker /6-12/Session 3 of 3
Workshop Title
Windows Movie Maker
/6-12/Session 3 of 3

2. Focusing Questions
How can we import audio and add audio effects in Windows Movie Maker?
How can we share our movies with other people?
How do we add video effects to our movie clips?

3. Instruction

4. Framing The Session
Audio, whether it is from a CD, or a computer recording has the ability to enhance dramatic moments in a movie.
Once a movie is created there are many different methods of distribution.
It can be:
displayed on a website
sent via
viewed on a computer
burned on a DVD

5. Framing The Session
Video effects can be used to alter a clip. Effects can be used to alter the speed of the clip, add special effects to the clip, or turn a clip to black and white.

6. Teaching What are possible sources of digital audio?
A microphone (built into the computer or external)
Online download
A CD

7. Guided Practice Today’s skill will focus on:
importing audio into Windows Movie Maker
video effects
Saving the movie in a format everyone can view
(see the tutorial for specific instructions)

8. Work Time

9. Getting Started
Take the next 30 minutes to import still images. Add titles, video effects (if necessary) and transitions to your movies. After 30 minutes we will come back together and share.
Participant Activity
Import digital pictures into Movie Maker and include two pictures in your movie.
 Add video effects, titles, and transitions to your movie.
Save your Movie Maker project.
Share (export) your Movie Maker project.

10. Share

11. Share Students will share the following aspects of their project:
Explain how the choices you have made regarding the video effects and audio have enhanced your movie.
Why did you make these particular choices?

12. How does this work address the questions that began the session?
We have seen how the choices we make as editors can effect the story.
We have observed how title sequences, video effects, and transitions can add to or subtract from the overall impact of a movie.