Project Includes

  • Teacher Guide
  • Student Workbook
  • Customizable Resources
  • Assessment Tools
  • Extension Activities
  • Sample Files
  • Templates
  • Parent Letters
  • Certificates

TechnoProducer

Item Number: CAMP-PRODUCER
Technology Integration: Language Arts, English.
Technology Skill: Kids Become Video Producers!
Program: Art

Includes: Plan a movie using a storyboard organizer, Inside or outside? Shoot the video!, Edit, split, and delete parts of a video clip, Add effects, transitions, text, sound, and narration, Share the movies on ‘Opening Night’

Session 1: Windows Movie Maker
Teach your students to produce a video using the easy to follow Movie Maker lesson plans in TechnoProducer. To start, students analyze sample movies, provided with the project, to notice the content and production techniques.
Session 2: On the Set
Once your students are familiar with Windows Movie Maker, they begin to plan the creation of their own video production. To start, students form teams. Together, the video production team, must decide on a plot for their movie. They use a storyboard, provided with the project, to organize their ideas. Afterwards, students capture the action sequences using basic video recording equipment, such as a web cam.
Session 3: In the Editing Room
Next, students become video editors. Detailed Movie Maker lesson plans show how to split scenes to delete unwanted portions of a video clip. Afterwards, students apply their knowledge and new skills to add effects, transitions, and text.
Session 4: Opening Night
Finally, the student “producers” put the finishing touches on their movie. They learn how to add narration to explain each exciting event. They can also add music or sounds from the provided Sound Clips file in the TechnoProducer Resources.

Movie Maker Lesson Plans

Lights! Camera! Action! Produce a movie using Movie Maker. Follow the instructions to plan, film and edit a video that includes effects, transitions, text overlays, sound clips, and narration.

  • Plan a storyboard by sketching each scene
  • Work cooperatively in a production team
  • Use a camera to capture a variety of action shots
  • Identify basic parts of Windows Movie Maker
  • Isolate a frame by clicking and dragging the play head
  • Split a clip into two pieces and delete frames
  • Edit clips to add transitions, effects, and text overlays
  • Add a title clip and a credit clip
  • Narrate action sequences and add sound track
  • Save a project as a Windows Media Player file

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elementary computer based activities 

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Customer Reviews

Lights! Camera! Action! Produce a movie using Movie Maker. Follow the instructions to plan, film and edit a video that includes effects, transitions, text overlays, sound clips, and narration.

Review 

elementary computer based activities 

Name,
School,
INDIA