Exploration of Windows Movie Maker

2. Microsoft Education
Microsoft Features
Windows Movie Maker Review

3. Microsoft Education
One of the best sites I found on
Windows Movie Maker was one dealing in
particular with education. It recommended
http://www.microsoft.com/education/animationantics.mspx
placing children “in small groups to create
movie stars made from plasticine and other
materials” while “design[ing] and write[ing] a
basic script or storyboard”. They can “create
short animated films by taking a serious of
photographs and then using Movie
Maker to run the photographs
quickly, one after another”
because this process “gives the
impression that their models have
come to life”. Students can then
“add music or a commentary to their
film and titles and credits to complete
their project”.

4. The site explains the process
of creating a movie with pictures, all
the steps for every move, and also
what standards this movie hits upon.
For example “know and use the
elements and principles of visual art
forms (that is, color, form/shape,
line, space, texture, value) to create
works in the arts and humanities”.

5. This site is very helpful for
future teachers. It has great ideas for
assignments and group works dealing
with creating features with the
Windows Movie Maker. It lists all the
standards the project on Movie
Maker can be credited for and what
features the kids can gain from using
Window Movie Maker.

6. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/features/movie-maker.aspx
Import, Edit, Manage,
and Share Digital Videos:
Including those in
High Definition!

7. -Sharing-
Publish videos on the PC, “scale
it for sending via e-mail, or burn
it to DVD using Windows DVD
Maker” after creation one “can
view and manage all of your
media in Windows Photo
Gallery, and even incorporate
video into your picture slide
shows” because Windows Photo
Gallery “can handle vast
quantities of information
without running out of
memory”.

9. Windows Movie Maker
http://download.cnet.com/Windows-Movie-Maker-Windows-XP/3000-13631 4-10165075.html
Reviews
This site gave a brief
definition of Windows Movie
Maker, but then set the focus on
reviews for the program. The
average rating for the reviews was
a 3.2 star ranking out of 661
votes.

10. What is Windows Movie Maker?
It “gives you the tools to create, edit, and share home movies.
Compile and edit a movie from video clips with drag-and-drop
functionality. Add special effects, music, and narration with ease.
Share your movie over the Web or master it to DVD media” or also
choose to “save your movie back to the DV tape in your camera.”

11. This article is great if a user wants to
know how the program ranks and what the
PROs and CONs are of the Windows Movie
Maker. One of the quotes I found most
memorable was from “Faker, not Maker”
review explaining “Windows Movie Maker is so
easy a child could use it- an incredibly patient
child born to filmmaker parents who didn’t
mind restarting this application every few
minutes”.

12. The End!