Beyond School

Cut the Crap: Making Quality Student Movies

A growing library of short tutorials on making quality student movies. Check back often.

Episode 1: Stay Online: Find LEGAL Images and Videos with Creative Commons Search (and Download YouTube, etc, with Zamzar.com)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbVSYJ-I8×8[/youtube]

Episode 2: Skills with Stills – Focus on Your Photos with the Ken Burns Effect

iMovie ‘06 only, though the idea of good KB Effect applies to any movie with photos.

[googlevideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8374889367865940263&hl=en[/googlevideo]

Episode 3: Re-Mixing YouTube Movies to Tell Your Own Story

This one was a toss-off. Just an example of how using Zamzar to import public domain or copyright-free movies can lead to more interesting possibilities than still photos or original video only. (I like the “Schools as Homework Factories” metaphor.) Original post here.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXDazU35arc[/youtube]