Using iMovie, I created a video about my growth from 7th to 8th grade because I wanted to document how I changed over the summer. I made this video with copyright-free images and a voiceover I recorded myself. This video was entirely made on my iPad.

During this process, I learned about using the Ken Burns effect and editing audio for voiceovers in videos. I learned that you want to tweak the volume of audio to make it sound more consistent throughout your video. I also learned that with the Ken Burns effect you want it to end at the center of attention in the image.

The 7 standards of the class are Empowered Learner, Digital Citizen, Knowledge Constructor, Innovative Designer, Computational Thinker, Creative Communicator, and Global Collaborator. My project ties to Empowered Learner because throughout this project I worked independently on my own goal of depicting how over the summer I got better at checkers. I leveraged the editing software I had on my iPad to meet this goal.

A challenge I overcame on this project was making the voiceover easy to understand. I was able to do it by editing all of the clips of audio to have a similar volume. Though it sounds like the voiceovers were all recorded separately I would say I succeeded at regulating the volume.

Given a chance to do this again, I would change when and where I recorded the voiceover. The reason why I would change it is because The background noise is different in all of the clips and the microphone quality varies. I would fix this by getting one working microphone and recording out in the hallway

Hastings High School Career and Technical Education Program offers Agriculture, Business Management, Computer Programming, Construction Trades, Culinary Arts, Digital Multimedia, Engineering Design, Finance, Insurance, Marketing.  My project connects to the Digital Multimedia CTE program at Hastings High School.  My project connects to careers in videography, multimedia designing, and content developing.