Quick notes for how to create an excellent iMovie:
CONTENT IS THE WHOLE POINT All the special effects and jazzy stuff on the planet
can’t make up for zero content.
Production Process:
PLAN / Outline – do this on paper. Get a list of what you want to say, and what shots/footage/audio you’ll need.
Gather Material – collect all your parts. Take notes on paper, listing what you’ve collected. Seriously, this will save you TONS of time and aggravation.
I suggest using the Camera app to shoot your material instead of using iMovie. It’s faster.
Start iMovie Project
Import Material – from the camera roll, or wherever else you’ve stashed it.
Editing – making all the parts fit
Clips added/arranged/changed
Add transitions
Add special effects
Add titles
Add/edit audio [check volume levels!]
HELP is your friend!
So is a web search [Could search “iMovie iPad how add narration”, for example]
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Want to learn how to shoot better videos? Caleb Rule [graduated from GCSU in Mass Communication] recorded some basic tips complete with examples that are posted on the MDS Tech Youtube channel [and on the WMDS portal as well].
After some [NON-thorough] testing, it looks like OS 8 will work OK on our setups here at MDS.
Here are the “gotchas”:
You MUST have 5.9 gigs of space available on your ipad.
Check it in the Settings App –> General –> About –> Available
Don’t have enough? Move your pictures and videos to your Google drive.
Fire up the Drive app, click the plus sign [top right], and upload FROM the Camera roll. Once you are certain they have been uploaded [doublecheck!], then go to the Camera app, access the camera roll, and delete the files.
You will have to update off campus. Plan on it taking a while- maybe an hour.
Want to know more? Click the links below for more details.
