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Working with Video

Welcome

This workshop will introduce you to basic video editing techniques and will provide an overview and instructions on how to use iMovie, a Mac application. (When possible, the steps being taken in iMovie will be translated for Windows Video Maker.) The workshop will be divided into three basic sections:

editing concepts and techniques,
technology skills,
and a practicum.

From it you will learn:

learning outcomes

Let’s jump right into it and look at a video in iMovie to get a sense of basic concepts and techniques. To begin, watch the following video. It was initially created for Boston College’s new faculty orientation and needed to be dynamic, engaging, and informative and will be used here as a point of discussion.

Now let's look at the video as it appears in iMovie and some and consider some of the thinking behind its design:

[video]

Key Concept Takeways:

Style - The overall way the video is executed (e.g., the visual aesthetics, the music, the pace and rhythm).
Tone - The attitude, mood, or feel the video evokes.
Pace - The speed with which the video moves.
Rhythm - The timing of the cuts or, put another way, the timing between cuts.

Related Resources:

Free Music Archive (where the video's music came from)
Animating in Keynote

This page references:

Digital Scholarship at Boston College