iMovie intro project #3 - Music and Sound Effects

iMovie project #3 – Music and Sound Effects

1. Using the + sign in your iMovie project area, create a new iMovie project and call it “Music and Sound Effects.”

2. Using the eighth note icon (in the same row as your titles and transitions menus), click on iLife Sound Effects. Note the different subfolders that appear.

3. Browse through the various folders and note what options are available in terms of short sound effects. (The folder called “Jingles” contains longer song-type files, whereas folders like “Booms,” “Animals,” “People,” “Stingers,” etc. contain some shorter sound effects).

4. Based on your new knowledge of the iMovie/iLife sound effects, select 10 related, high-resolution photos from Google Image search that may fit with some of the sound effects and songs you’ve discovered. Insert them into your iMovie project. Edit the Ken Burns effect on all pictures, add a title at the beginning, and insert transitions of your choice between each slide.

5. Select at least three short sound effects to include in your presentation. Drag and drop them on top of the picture that you wish to accompany each sound. Try to put the three sound effects close to the beginning of your presentation.

6. Select one longer “jingle” (can come from another folder if you find one you like better) and insert it near the end of your presentation (on approximately the last 3-4 slides). PLEASE NOTE: Drop the music file when you see the vertical red line rather than the blanket of green, as inserting the music in this way will make editing your audio much easier!

7. When you play the presentation, you will notice that your music cuts off abruptly at the end. There is a way to remedy this situation. Double-click the green bar that is your longer music file.

8. When the audio inspector window pops up, click “audio” and then select “Fade out – manual” and drag the toggle switch all the way to the right. This will ensure the longest possible fade on your audio so that it does not cut off abruptly.

9. Add a black transition to the end of your presentation – either “Fade to Black” or “Circle Close.” This gives your project a sense of finality.

10. Export your iMovie and save it as “Lastname, First Initial Music and Sound Effects” and hand in to the IP 10 drop box.

IP 10 iMovie intro project #2 - Titles and Transitions

iMovie project #2 – Titles and Transitions

1. Using the + sign in your iMovie project area, create a new iMovie project and call it “Titles and Transitions.”

2. Select 10 different related photos from Google Image search (go to www.google.ca and select the “Images” tab at the top of the webpage). Once you have typed in your search command (i.e. “Flower photography”), click on “Large” under “Any size” on the left column. This will ensure that your photos are high resolution and will look nice and un-pixilated within your iMovie presentation.

3. Drag all 10 of your full-sized photos to the desktop, one by one, and then drag into your iMovie presentation.

4. Set the Ken Burns effect on each picture to your liking.

5. Using the “ T ” menu in iMovie (near the middle of the right side of your screen), select at least three titles to place overtop of at least three of your photos. Drag and drop them, then click to edit. (Note: If a “Show Fonts” menu appears above your photo, you have the ability to edit your fonts, sizes, and colours. If it does not appear, you are using a template that cannot be modified.)

6. Using the box with shaded triangles in it (near the Titles menu), select a different transition to use in between each photo. Drag and drop the transitions of your choice in between each slide in your project area.

7. Once you are happy with your titles, transitions, and Ken Burns effects, proceed to the exporting process.

Save your iMovie as “Lastname, First initial Titles Trans” and hand in to the IP 10 drop box.

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Music updates

Band acknowledgment forms are due by next Friday, September 9th. Level 3 is the only group who has not yet received the band handbook (due to missing class for assembly on Tuesday morning).

Jazz choir is 27 voices strong and sounding fantastic! We've also had a large turnover in Senior Choir but we have emerged with 27 singers (slightly larger than last year) and we are sounding great already!

And now to leave you with a cheesy music joke to start off the year:

So a C, an Eb, and a G walk into a bar, and the bartender says, "Sorry, but we don't serve MINORS!" HAHAHAHAHAHA! Ohhhh, bad jokes. I love them.

On a more serious note, tomorrow is the first scheduled online theory classes, but since we are not yet signed up for theory, we will be using that time as rehearsal time, handing out instruments, etc. Meet in the auditorium (with your instrument, folder, music, method book, etc.) for all classes until further notice please. Thanks!

Enjoy your long weekend - one more day to go!

Twin update!

I don't know how mommy and daddy will be able to say no to this face!

Avery looking exactly like her daddy

Silly little Emily!

Dr. Seuss tribute (onesies courtesy of Auntie Lauren)

Avery learning how to pose for the camera... what a little cheese ball!

IP 10 iMovie intro

Use the following picture for your iMovie (click to enlarge it, then drag it to your desktop so it's ready to drag into iMovie):

1. Drag the photo into iMovie 5 times.

2. For your first slide, zoom in on the boy in the khakis.

3. For your second slide, start zoomed in on the girl with the brown hair and zoom out to show the boys on either side of her.

4. Next, zoom in on the blonde girl.

5. Next, zoom in on the boy on the left.

6. For your final slide, keeping your Ken Burns boxes the same size (large), pan from left to right.

Post-IMC updates

Well, ladies and gents, it was a success! After a 9-hour journey through torrential rain (yes, the entire way!), we made it safely to IMC, and thankfully had a week full of glorious weather save for one rainy afternoon mid-week. What an awesome experience! Our snazzy bass player was part of the symphony orchestra, while our little miss violinist was a part of the concert orchestra as well as the fiddle school where she got to learn lots of cool tunes by ear. And of course, staying true to its name, the INTERNATIONAL Music Camp had students this week from Austria, Norway, Sweden, Luxembourg, Haiti, Domenica, and Honduras. Awesome!

I hope everyone's enjoying their summer! See you in almost another month yet! Yay for holidays! :o)