1. Video Production with
Windows Movie Maker
Credits to:
Joanne Steckling
joanne@jsteckling.com
Powerpoint courtesy of Scott Bell, Chaminade College Prep, St. Louis, Mo.
Reporters:
Precious Alyana M. Apalisok
Daniel M. Cuyno Jr.
BEED-SPED 2X1

2. Meet Movie Maker:
Windows XP: find it in C:Program Files:Movie
Maker. Make shortcut for desktop.
Using the program
 Working with the pictures and video
 Video effects
 Transitions
 Titles and credits
 Audio
 Saving the movie

3. The 4 panes of WMM

4. Using the task pane
3 Tasks:
1.Capture/Import
2.Edit
3.Finish

5. The timeline/storyboard
 5 Tracks
 Video
 Transition
 Audio
 Audio/music
 Title
 When we edit our movie,
different parts will go in these
tracks

6. Import media into Movie maker
 Capture video clips or
pictures from digital
camera,
 Import from files saved
on your computer.
 Click on import
video/pics

7. Move video/Pictures to the timeline
 Each item will appear in the
collections pane
 Drag each item to the story
board and drop them in the
order you wish them to
appear.

8. Picture time
 Change the length of time that the picture shown in the
movie
 Drag the “end trim handle” (shown below) to change
amount of time video is running.
.
 If using video you can crop the length of the video using the
same process.

9. Preview your movie
 Through clicking the play button at
the bottom of the preview screen
(or at the top left of the
storyboard), you can preview the
movie.
 You can also click on the full
screen button to see it big
Note: when you preview a movie it
may be choppy.
Timeline
marker
Full screen

10. Video Effects
 You can employ different
effects that will jazz up the
video.
 In the task pane, under step
2, click on “view video
effects”
 The collection of effects will
appear in the collections
area

11. Drag the effects down
 Once you have found
the effect that is
perfect… click and
drag it down to the
clip in the storyboard
 You can use multiple
effects on an item

12. Video effects
 When a star appears it
represent an effect is on the
picture.
 2 overlapping stars on a
picture mean 2 effects.
 You can preview the effect
on your pictures/video
Full screen

13. Transitions
 You can employ different
transitions to jazz up the video
 In the task pane, under step 2,
click on “view video transitions”
 The collection of transitions will
appear in the collections area

14. Drag the transitions down
 Once you have found the
transition that is
perfect… click and drag it
between the clips in the
storyboard.
 A blue line will appear to
show where the trans will
go

15. Transitions
 Notice that 2 clips will slightly overlap.
 Beneath the clips, the name of the trans will appear.
 Unlike effects, only one transition can be used at a time.
 Clicking on the picture and sliding it forward or back will
increase or decrease the transition’s speed.

16. Titles / Credits
 In the task pane, under
step 2 click on “Make
titles…”
 This will appear and you
can choose where you
want to put the
title/credits

17. Titles
 Type whatever you want in the text box
 Below, you can change the animation or the font and color
 Once complete, click on Done.

18. Audio
 Add music (mp3, wav,
wma) to your movie
 In the task pane, click
on “import audio…”
 Choose the file(s) you
want to use and click
“import”

19. Drag audio down…
 In the collections
pane, click on the
audio file and
drag it into the
Audio/Music
track.

20. Adjust the audio
 To adjust the volume, push
the Control key and U
 Or you can right-click on
the track and get this menu
which shows volume, fade in
and out.
 For video clips, you can
mute the recorded sound in
the same way

21. Trim the audio
 Be sure to make the music the same length as the video.
 Click on the end of the track and drag it left or right to trim the
length.
 You can add more audio tracks before or after this track

22. Finish the movie
 Go to File-Save to save
your project as a Movie
Maker File.
This will enable you to go
back and make changes, if
necessary.
 Go to Step 3: Finish Movie.
In the Save Movie Wizard
box, enter and name and
choose where to save.

23. Saving options
 When you save, you
have many options
based on the quality
that you want
 Leave it as
“recommended” or
click on “show more
choices”

24. Saving
 The amount of time
that it takes to save
depends upon how
long it is and the
quality options you
chose.
 The next screen will
tell you it is finished
and will ask if you
want to see your
work.

25. Watching the video
 The video is now set to
play back in Window
media player
 If you go to the folder you
saved it in and double
click it will open and play
for you
 Then you can burn the file
to cd or flash drive to
take with you

26. Thank you for listening!
The End.