Film+Editing+Tutorial+Podcast

[|Reflections on Video Editing]
Windows Movie Maker was a simple program that gave me, the novice video editor, an easy step-by-step program to work with.

I have only used Movie Maker once previously so the ease of importing media was a relief. I wasn't sure that the program would support the wp3 file type but it did. One lesson learned from this internship is that if a program doesn't support a file type a quick internet search usually can locate a free download. Classmates are always willing to offer a helping hand as well.

Editing tools such as effects and transitions are easier in this program than in either Photo Story 3 which I had originally used to make the video clip and my second free software program, AVS.

The downfall, of Movie maker is the lack of audio editing tools. This may be too complex for the novice but would definitely be a requirement of the more experienced film editor wanting to produce more complex videos.

AVS Software was the other free download that I chose, mainly for the free tutorial. I was impressed with the audio editing tools but the ease of use for a novice like myself was not there, even with the tutorial. I was constantly having to search for buttons to attach my edits and lost many in the process. The program was frustrating.

I would have to recommend Movie Maker at this point to teachers in my district because it is the program that most could use with little frustration and great success with students but I feel that eventually we do need to move to a program with greater complexity to reinforce science and technology TEKS.

Neither of the two programs were difficult to download and in fact Movie Maker was already installed on my computer. Both offered easy publication methods for uploads to You Tube.

It is important in all cases to give credit according to the copyright commons laws to give credit for projects. Adding credits to the end of projects is just as important to teach as content.