Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Fall 2010
Instructors:
Class blog:
http://esldigitalstorytelling.blogspot.com/
Contents:
1. Making a project folder on the desktop. – page 3
2. Using Audacity: Recording your voice, mixing with music and sound effects,
5. Using Movie Maker: Importing images and audio, applying special effects and
pages 10 – 23
Using Audacity: Recording your voice, mixing with music and sound
effects, saving and exporting a soundtrack.
Audacit is a free audio recorder and editor that you can download at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/.
Click the Download tab.
Move or copy a part by selecting, clicking the copy icon, putting your mouse (cursor) where you want
the move or copy to go on the track and clicking, and then clicking the clipboard icon.
Apply an effect (such as fade in, fade out, etc.) by selecting the part of the track where you want an
effect. Then click “Effect” and choose the effect you want.
Browse to the folder where the file is saved. Click on the audio file and click “Open.”
The imported audio file will appear on another track under any other tracks.
Save project (to be changed later) by clicking “File.” Chose “Save Project As…” Remember to give
the project a file name and to save it in the folder with your other project media.
Export sound file as a .wav file for use in Movie Maker by clicking “File” and choosing “Export As
a .Wav.” Choose to save the file in your project folder. All tracks will be saved together as one audio
file.
For example, to use an image from Google (http://images.google.com), type in a search word for the
type of image you want in the blank box. Click on “Search Images.” Choose the picture you want by
clicking on it and choosing “see full size image.” Right-click on the picture and choose “Save Picture
As.”
Many sites that offer free downloads have a “download button.” If not, right click on and choose “Save
Target As…”
If the Automatic Updates feature in Windows is turned on, Movie Maker should be downloaded onto
your computer. Click the Start button and choose Programs to locate Movie Maker. If you do not find
Movie Maker, you can find downloading instructions at
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx.
At MiraCosta College, the laptops have Movie Maker on the desktop. The Movie Maker icon looks like
this: Double click on the Movie Maker icon to open the program.
Preview
Movie Collections Area Window
Tasks
pane
Story Board
Note: If you don’t see the Movie Tasks pane, click “View” and “Task Pane.”
Importing Media
Movie Maker allows users to capture video from a device (a webcam or videocamera) and import
video files, picture files, and sound files through the Capture Video in Movie Tasks.
Video files: .asf, .avi, dvr-ms, .m1v, .mp2, .mp2v, .mpe, .mpeg, .mpg, .mpv2, .wm, and .wmv
Audio files: .aif, .aifc, .aiff, .asf, .au, .mp2, .mp3, .mpa, .snd, .wav, and .wma
Picture files: .bmp, .dib, .emf, .gif, .jfif, .jpe, .jpeg, .jpg, .png, .tif, .tiff, and .wmf
To import pictures:
To import audio:
1. Click “Import audio or music” under Movie Tasks on the tasks pane.
2. Select the audio file you want to import from the folder where it is located on your computer
by clicking on it. Select many files at once by dragging the mouse over them.
3. Click “Import.” The audio files will appear in the collections area.
Video effects, transitions, and titles and credits can be added to your video using these functions,
located in the Movie Tasks pane under “Edit Movie.”
or
3. Enter text for the title. It will appear in the preview window.
5. Click “Change the text font and color” to select the letter styles, sizes, and colors, as well as
the text alignment and background color.
8. Click “Change the text font and color” to change letter styles and colors.
9. Click “Change the title animation” to change how the credits appear in the movie.
If your audio track is longer than the video in the timeline view, you can make photos appear for
longer in the movie by clicking on an image, moving to the right side of the image, and dragging the
double red arrows to make the images appear for a desired number of seconds, shown above the
video track.
Save a Movie Maker project if you do not complete it in one sitting and want to revise it in the future.
Remember that it is important to save the project in the same folder as your project media.
3. Give your project a name that will help you identify it.
4. Click “Save.”
Movie Maker provides several options for saving, as shown under the “Finish Movie” area in the
Movie Tasks pane. Many movie files will be too large, however, to send as an email attachment. By
saving to your computer, you can later burn the movie to a CD or DVD or upload to a Web site.
6. By checking the box “Play movie when I click Finish,” your movie will automatically begin
playing in Widows Media Player upon completion.
7. Click “Finish” to end the wizard.
Click
OK
Click
“Stop Rip”
Check only
the boxes of
the track(s)
you want to
rip
7. In the Options window on the Rip Music tab, under “Rip Settings” – “Format,” use the down arrow to
change the setting to mp3. Click “Apply” at the bottom of the “Options” window. Click “OK.”
Change format
to .mp3.
Click “Apply”
and “OK”
7. On the desktop, you will find the ripped music in a folder on the desktop. The folder will have a name
that Windows Media Player gave it (which may or may not be the CD or artist’s name).
8. You can import the mp3 audio file into Audacity to mix with other audio files and your voice recording
(and export as a .wav) or you may import the mp3 directly into Movie Maker.
First, plug in the USB device. Then click “Open folder to view files.” Then click “OK.”
Burning a CD.
1. First, have your files on the Desktop. Then put your CD in the CD drive.
2. When the CD opens, choose “Open to folder to view files.”
2. Write script (not much more than one page, typed double-
spaced). End of week 2
Please note: The actual picture-image of the program icons can change for different versions. It is
more useful to memorize the extensions of the file types to help remember what type of file they are,
and which program, or programs either created the file, or can play/display the file.
MCC ESL Digital Storytelling Page 31
Regular Verbs List
There are thousands of regular verbs in English. This is a list of 600 of the more common regular
verbs. Source: http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/regular-verbs-list.htm
vanish visit
x-ray
yawn yell
zip zoom
awake awoke
be was, were
bear bore
beat beat
become became
begin began
bend bent
beset beset
bet bet
bid bid/bade
bind bound
bite bit
bleed bled
blow blew
break broke
breed bred
bring brought
broadcast broadcast
build built
burst burst
buy bought
cast cast
catch caught
choose chose
cling clung
come came
cost cost
creep crept
cut cut
deal dealt
dig dug
dive dived/dove
do did
draw drew
dream dreamed/dreamt
drive drove
drink drank
eat ate
fall fell
feel felt
fight fought
find found
fit fit
flee fled
fling flung
fly flew
forbid forbade
forget forgot
forgive forgave
forsake forsook
freeze froze
get got
give gave
go went
grind ground
grow grew
hang hung
hear heard
hit hit
hold held
hurt hurt
keep kept
kneel knelt
knit knit
know knew
lay laid
lead led
leap leaped/leapt
learn learned/learnt
leave left
lend lent
let let
lie lay
light lighted/lit
lose lost
make made
mean meant
meet met
mistake mistook
mow mowed
overcome overcame
overdo overdid
overtake overtook
overthrow overthrew
pay paid
plead pled
prove proved
put put
quit quit
read read
rid rid
ride rode
ring rang
rise rose
run ran
saw sawed
say said
see saw
sell sold
send sent
set set
sew sewed
shake shook
shave shaved
shear shore
shed shed
shine shone
shoe shoed
shoot shot
show showed
shrink shrank
shut shut
sing sang
sink sank
sit sat
sleep slept
slay slew
slide slid
slit slit
smite smote
sow sowed
speak spoke
speed sped
spend spent
spill spilled/spilt
spin spun
spit spit/spat
split split
spread spread
spring sprang/sprung
stand stood
steal stole
stick stuck
sting stung
stink stank
stride strod
strike struck
string strung
swear swore
sweep swept
swell swelled
swim swam
swing swung
take took
teach taught
tear tore
tell told
think thought
thrive thrived/throve
throw threw
thrust thrust
tread trod
understand understood
uphold upheld
upset upset
wake woke
wear wore
weave weaved/wove
weep wept
wind wound
win won
withhold withheld
withstand withstood
wring wrung
write wrote
1. Images
Clear or fuzzy?
Make meaning of story more comprehensible / fit well with story or confusing/don’t fit
well with the story?
Too many or too few?
Too small or good size?
2. Titles / credits
Opening title has name of student and title of story or something missing?
Good color choices (dark with light) or difficult to see/read?
3. Voice
No music when music should be used or use of music when no music is better?
Too loud or too quiet?
Adds to story or detract from story?
Feeling of music matches feeling of story or mismatch between story and music?
Appropriate transitions and effects or too many or crazy transitions and effects?
Too fast or too slow?
Add to story or detract from story?
6. Story