Make a 30 Second Video

To successfully complete Make a 30 Second Video

READ this blog post.
DO and THINK about the information in the "Learn More About" activities.
LEARN by completing the Hands-On Activities.

Your total time commitment is about 50 minutes.

Introduction to Make a 30 Second Video

Society uses visual media more and more to communicate. Our stories can be recorded and shared. As the old adage says, "seeing is believing." As information consumers, we use the Internet, our laptops, smartphones, and other devices to "look and see" for ourselves. Technology makes it possible for almost anyone to be a visual media producer -- yup, we can all make movies. After all, pictures trump words and video trumps pictures.

Learning More about Make a 30 Second Video

1. Watch iMovie for iPad Tutorial (8:32 minutes)
2. Watch Storyboarding for People Who Don't Draw (6:31 minutes)
3. Check out the JUL iMovie and Storyboarding training handouts - pick one up from Cindy (5 minutes)

Hands-on Activities (20 - 40 minutes)

You and your partner / group will create a short video booktalk or PSA about reading or libraries. Your group should include at least one TCC and one VBPL staff member. In size, it should not exceed six people. Your video should not exceed 30 seconds in length. It can be a booktalk or a presentation designed to persuade an audience to read a book. Or it can be a PSA or a multimedia message designed to inform and educate the public about a topic (reading / libraries).

To complete the lesson --

1. Storyboard your project using either a paper template or the Storyboard That site.
2. Sign out an iPad from Cindy.
3. With the iMovie app, create a movie project. (Use group ID in project name)
4. Take pictures and video and add to your project.
5. Add appropriate music, voice or sound effects to your project.
6. Add appropriate text and titles.
7. Save and share your project to iMovie Theater in iCloud. From the project details screen, tap the share button (square box with up arrow) then tap iMovie Theater.
8. Upload.

Get credit!

After you have completed the activities in this post, please fill out this form.