imovie Continued

imovie filming was interesting. I found that it was rather restrictive to have such a small crew and not many locations available. Our group had three people, including myself, and two of Jeanne’s kids who acted the roles of students. We used an empty classroom for filming and completed the entire movie there. We took turns filming, since there weren’t any scenes with the three of us in it together. It was kind of interesting to get to film as well as act, because it provided two different viewpoints to me. As an educator, I would be more sensitive to student concerns either as the cinematographer or as the actor/actress.

I also enjoyed figuring out how to incorporate our product in the commercial. We created a commercial trying to sell Inspiration Software (which we re-named Motivation). I helped with the close-up scenes showing how to use Inspiration and the links we put in it.

I think if I used imovie in my classroom I would choose a sample video to show to my class first. Then I would explain project requirements using a detailed rubric from rubistar. I would also provide an example of a storyboard. My students would have a workshop prior to filming, to hopefully streamline the process.

Overall, I feel imovie is a valuable tool to use in the classroom and I will likely use it my future class.