With iMovie, everyone can be a movie producer!

I love creating movies. Software and apps out there for this are now so simple to use. Believe it or not, they actually function like PowerPoint now! It's a slides format or drag-and-drop style to create your segments of the video and then you can drag them around to change the order if need be. There are a lot of different video makers out there but the one I want to focus on is iMovie, simply because it's easy, it works off of your camera roll, you can easily use pictures or videos or both, and it's already on our devices.

So when you open iMovie, you get to choose between creating a movie or creating a trailer. Here's the differences:

Creating a Movie

• it's a totally blank canvas
• you can use iMovie's themes and theme music 
• you can add titles, caption text, and credits
• all you do is drop in images or video you've already taken
• after you drop that stuff in you can add transitions between each clip
• you can trim clips
• you can mute clips
• you can add audio on top of clips or just use the audio from the video
• you can upload to your camera roll or YouTube 

Here's an example using create a movie option:

And here's a student example:

Creating a Trailer

• you select a theme
• you don't get to change the music
• you don't get to change the font
• you don't get to change the template
• it gives you a planning template (insert character here/ action picture here/ etc)
• you can use video or pictures
• you can't record audio over your trailer
• look great when finished

Here's an example using the create a trailer option:

And here's a student example:

I love using iMovie to create picture books or if the kids have gone on a scavenger hunt, it's a great way to drop all the images into one place. Trailers are great for kids to tell a summary or show quick comprehension of a topic. Last year they even used trailers to show understanding in math and science. Check out those videos here by the wonderful Mrs. Lancaster and Mrs. Griffith's students!

So, as the year goes on and your looking for some fun assessments you should certainly consider iMovie. It's fast and easy and the only prep it needs is some pictures. As always I'm here for any help you may need! Till next time techies!