2 Music Video Direction Sheet

We will be using the MOVIE MAKER app to complete this project.

Storyboard Topics

9/11  
Any branch of the Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, Marines, Coast Guard)
Emergency Services (Police, Fire, Ambulance)

Pictures       

Use at least 20 images.

·         Open Google and click on “Images” found at the top right of the screen.

·         In the search box, type in a specific kind of picture you are looking for.  Click on “Search Images”.  The more specific your description, the better the images will appear for your topic.

·         Once the pictures come up, the “Safe Search Strict” should appear at the top right.   It is a District policy and you all signed the “Web Appropriate Use”

·         Select a picture, click on the image and the screen will change and show a pop up pic.

·         If you want to save the image, “Right Click” on the image and select “Save Image As” (or "Save Picture As")

·         Select “THIS PC, AC150, 8th Grade”, and follow the folders to your piano folder.  Name the picture using your period first and then a name you recognize and add .jpeg to the end of the name.  (example:  soldieranddog1.jpeg)   DO NOT SAVE ONTO A WORD DOCUMENT!!!!!!!!

MOVIE MAKER APP

Open Movie Maker App

Import your pictures to the program.  Select “Add Videos and Photos” on the left side.  Go to your piano folder to find your folder that contains your pictures.

How to re-open your project

·      Open Movie Maker APP

·      Go under “File”, click on “Open Project”.  Click on “SAVE AS, THIS  PC, AC150, 8th Grade” etc…(see above if you forget the rest of the steps)

Setting up the pictures on the Storyboard.

• Select "Add Videos or Photos" to import your pictures

• Rearrange your pictures to fit your video design (it imports them alphabetically)

• Video Effects…Click on “Animations”.  You may click on an effect and then play it on the window to the right to see what the effect will look like.  If you want to use it, simply click and drag that effect down to the picture you want it to be used on.  A blue star will appear on the story board.

• Video Transitions…Click on “Animations”.  You may click on transition and then play it on the window to the right to see what it will look like.  If you want to use it, simply click and drag the transition down between the 2 pictures you want it to be used.

Title and Credit pages

• You need a title page and a credit page. 

• Click on “Make Title or Credits”  on the next page choose either the title or credit page

• For this project you don’t need a set title or credits, it can be “Enjoy the show” and “Thanks for watching”.  It is just so you can use them to adjust your music later on.

Timeline functions

• Press the magnifying glass to increase or decrease the size of the pictures.

• Click on a picture to select it. Choose the video edit to change the duration of the picture.

• Click on a picture and slide it to the left to make a transition between the picture before and the selected one longer.  Slide it to the right to make the transition shorter.  (the longer the blue line incline is increased, the slower the transition, the shorter the incline, the faster the transition)

Music 

You will be using MIXCRAFT 7 to make the music.   

You need 2-3 tracks of music (3 tracks is preferred)

On the opening screen of Mixcraft 7: make "audio tracks" tracks set to 3, make "Instrumental tracks" set to 0, make "Mode" set to TIME (not BEATS), and make "Snap Setting" to 1/8 Notes.

You will be using pre-made loops from the "Loop Library" using the "Song Kit" or "Style" Filter

Make your music at least 10-20 seconds longer than your pictures are in your video (ex: pics with transitions, etc... last for 2:20 so you should make your music in MIXCRAFT 7 at least 2:30-2:40 so you have plenty of music to adjust once it is in the MP3 format and you do your music production in MovieMaker)

Please use the 3 Music for Your Video link for how to make your music into MP3 format so you can use it in your video.

Audio (Importing your MP3 file of your Mixcraft 7 project)

• Make sure you saved your Mixcraft Project to an MP3 file by using the "MIX DOWN TO" feature under "FILE" in the Mixcraft program.  If you did not do this, you must re-open your Mixcraft 7 project and do so.

• Watch the video on 3 Music for Music Video

• First you want to import your saved music by clicking on “Import Audio or Music” and follow the same steps you did to import pictures (see above if you forget).

• After you import the audio into the collection you may insert the audio into the timeline by dragging it down to the audio line and placing it where you want it to begin.

• Change the length of the music by clicking on it, going to the end and dragging it as short as needed (this won’t sound perfect but it does work ok if you have it fade out).

• It may fade in or fade out by right clicking on the music and selecting the one you want.

Finalize Your Project to a Movie !!!  Or Else I can not Grade it!!!

• Click on "Home"  Then on the right side of the screen choose "Save Movie"

• On the drop down screen, select ""For Computer" and then choose your folder

• Click on “SAVE AS, THIS  PC, AC150, 8th Grade” etc…

• Title your movie: “Last Name MOVIE 1”

• If you would like a 2nd copy of the movie for yourself on your flash drive, please follow the same steps but this time when browsing where to save it, choose your flash drive.