iMovie Making
iMovie Making Online High School Course
COURSE LENGTH:
Trimester
Course Overview
iMovie Making empowers students to utilize the powerful resources that they have in their pockets. Whether a student has no film experience, or they are looking for a cost-effective and quick way to grow their body of work, every student will enjoy making something at their own pace. Students learn the basics of film theory, and learn how to use iMovie to make a movie. Students start by watching how-to clips of useful techniques, and trying them out on guided assignments. Students will also watch examples of successful ultra low-budget film pieces. As the class progresses, students will learn both how to use an iPhone like a professional camera rig, and how to use iMovie like professional movie editing software. Students will write and cast their own simple scripts based upon technical requirements that they will learn how to accomplish. By the end of the course, students will have filmed their script, inserted their footage into iMovie, and have pieced it together using iMovie’s easy-to-use editing tools. As the class comes to a close, students will watch their short films, and will go away with a highly useful understanding of their phone camera, of iMovie, and of film-based storytelling.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Make a short film.
Learn to use all features of the iPhone camera and microphone.
Learn to upload footage into iMovie.
Become familiar and gain agency with the editing features of iMovie and the Photo app.
Begin a personal film portfolio, or to grow a pre-existing portfolio.
Learn to collaborate creatively in a digital environment.
Cultivate a sense of creative agency with manageable goals.