I found an old cd which had all the images I used to create a (fast motion)movie in Flash when I was a graphic design major. The origonal movie I created was about my personal experiences with working at Disney world and the 'infamous Piglet Incident.' So I went to picasa and created a web albulm. I uploaded the movie frames which just converted them as photographs. You can make a movie using picasa web, however it is very very basic. So, never using youtube (outside of searches) I decided I was going to explore this avenue. I created an account, clicked around and found where I make my own videos. It allows you to pick different movie genre's in which to create your movie. I chose Stupiflex and photography settings (which makes the video jump around from frame to frame. From here I imported the photo's from picasa and bagan clicking which frames I wanted in the movie segment. For a free movie (using stupiflex) it has to be under a minute. This program is very basic as well. My orginal movie should be numerous frames a second so it appears to be moving in real time, however the fastest you can get the frames to move is three seconds (where I would want 1/4). So, if you want to create something basic to get your point accross this would work great. But if you want a real video with decent functions I would suggest doing it in another application and uploading it into YouTube (know that I know how to do that!). I then saw that I could add my own voice or do text to speak function. I have never worked with that so I chose it. It was fun to write everything and here 'jane' speak it back to me. I demo'd the movie, and then published it.
I feel like this could definitely be a helpful tool to an art teacher. Doing the same demonstration seven class periods a day would be redundant and a waste of materials. If I recorded myself demonstrating the project at hand, at the beginning of the period each class could watch the 'how to/what to do' and we could discuss afterwards. This would be beneficial to me because I would have this demonstration saved for life, I could use it for years to come without worrying what I did with that project for this up coming year. And although this took me forever to figure out (all the different programs) I am confident that I could get in and create something in less than five minutes!
Oh my goodness. This is just so cool. I can see that you spent significant time experimenting with these different products, and am pleased you ended up with a possibility of applying to your art class.
ReplyDeleteJUST WONDERING -> what if you had the STUDENTS upload their art work and narrate and build one in class (individually or in small groups).
Again, AMAZING, and I'd like to share this in class.