Editing

Note: If you are using iMovie 06 and cannot access the iLife Sound Effects under the Media, follow these directions to access and import the files for an iMovie 06 project.

Editing Tutorials
[|iMovie 06 Video Tutorials]

Strategies and Activities For Teaching Students
Primary Grade:


 * Begin with whole group – use projector and go through how to split clips and delete unwanted pieces.
 * Teach how to save the changes.
 * Go through a whole movie, editing each scene as a class.
 * Teach keyboard commands – apple T for splitting, delete, drag, space bar to play and pause…EDIT UNDO.
 * Teach/ play with video fx.
 * Use a clap board to determine/ remember scene content.
 * Use a check list – Import, find favorite take, drag the clip down, watch the scenes in order…
 * Add bumpers/ titles as a final edit.

Upper Grades:


 * Watch an appropriate movie in class (G rated – iVIE award movies) to see how editing works.
 * Limit transitions.
 * Teach the addition of “noddy” shots (camera on a person listening or looking happy/ concerned while another person is talking).
 * Teach editing in small groups, have students teach each other editing skills.
 * Don’t edit the movie’s sound until the very end (you’re happy with all your clips).
 * Edit for smooth lighting/ sound (continuity – the intensity/ volume of light and sound should be consistent).
 * Use a check list for what has been done in a project – has the movie been downloaded
 * Have the clips been dragged in? How many clips have been edited already? To be checked off by the group leader/director.
 * Add bumpers/ titles as a final edit.