My sixth grade classes are making short public service announcements about various ethical issues surrounding computer and Internet use. The whole film-making process, from research to storyboarding, rehearsals, filming and editing takes about two weeks to complete. The kids love using the class Flip cameras and iMovie to bring their ideas to life– the classroom veritably hums with excitement. On a whim today, I grabbed a Flip camera and filmed some of the students in the process of making their movies. Tonight at home I dropped the footage into iMovie, and with a little artistic cutting and editing, a dash of music and a pinch of humor… I hereby present to you my debut film, entitled “Making Movies; A Ms. Hansen Production.” I hope you enjoy watching it half as much as I enjoyed making it.
Sincerely, Ms. Hansen
Posted on January 29th, 2008 by Ms. Ruthie Hansen
Filed under: 6thGrade, video
This looks like a great project! I am going to be doing something similar with middle schoolers in about a month, only I think we will be using Voicethread. I’d love to see the end projects if you post any online. How do you get the Flip to import into iMovie? I’ve had some issues getting it to work with iMovie and maybe you know the trick! Thanks for sharing!
One issue with flip cams has to do with QuickTime. Make sure that 3ivxVideoDecoder.component is in the Library/QuickTime folder. If it’s not, you can find it online, download it, and manually put it in the folder. That solved our import problems.
Thanks, appreciate the hint!
Great job Ms. Hansen!
I can’t wait to see the videos. I’m working on a movie with my two sixth grade classes. We’re just using the built in iSight cameras. Next year I want to order some FlipVideo cameras. Nice little movie to show the process.