Windows+7+LIve+Movie+Maker

Movie Maker Live (Windows 7) show the following video for storyboard understanding:
 * Show the making of The Lion King (great scenes of storyboarding) **
 * or [] **
 * watch behind on the walls of the people talking it is full of storyboards **

1. Click on Start and find Windows Movie Maker Live. You may have to download it from the Internet if it is not on your computer. Please follow the steps for downloading the free application. Go to []. Movie Maker Live is only for Window 7 users. Once on the site I should click download.

2. Once you have download to application your screen should look similar to the one below:

3. You will make a 3 minute movie about yourself. If you did not take pictures of yourself and classmates get a camera and Flip Video and take several pictures. You are now ready to use to place them in Movie Maker Live. Click add videos and photos. Make sure all your pictures and videos are placed on the C drive as well as on your flash drive. Windows Live will be looking for them on the C drive. You may place them in my documents folder if you wish. Once you do. Movie Maker Live will look for them. See an example below.

Select the pictures and videos you would like added to your Movie Maker Live screen or place all of them on the storyboard. To do this you will need to click on the Add videos and photos. You will need to know where you stored your pictures so Movie maker can retrieve them. Select the pictures you want and press the select button. They will appear on the storyboard.

4. Make a title for your movie. Select Title from the Home tab Title. Type the title and click. You can arrange the pictures and videos on the storyboard in any order you would like just by clicking on the picture and dragging it to a new position.

5. Once you have at least 10-15 pictures and or videos in the order you would like now it is time to bring in some music. Here is a free website for music. Pick a tune that you feel fits your movie. Download at least two different sound files from: [] a. You can first select a style. I will pick World/Techno

Once you select a style you can preview it.

If you like it select the MP3 to download it. Click save it to your c drive or your flash drive. Make sure you know where you are saving your music. If you did not like the sound clip find a different one from the free site. 6. Go back into Movie Maker Live and select add music by clicking on the add music symbol. You select to add music to the current point or just add music. You will be able to move the sound clip at any time or even split the sound clip. 7. Click the home ribbon if it is not selected and you can now click AutoMovie. You can click ok to let Movie Maker make the movie for you. Since this is your first time click ok. Then click close.

Play your movie. If you like it you can save it by clicking the Movie Maker arrow.

As select save project. (please do it at this time. Later you will save as a movie). Please save per your instructors directions. You have completed the very easy way to make a movie. Now you are going to try a few things on your own and then publish the movie. Your task is recreate the movie you using the pictures and videos you just used. You will however add your own animation, visual effects edit the video clip to make it shorter. You cannot use the AutoMovie feature. 1. Add two more pictures. 1 from the camera and 1 from the Internet. 2. Add credits to the end of your movie. You will need to list all the sites you used to get videos and or pictures. 3. You will need to animate 2 of the pictures using the animation tab. 4. Clip the video so that it is no longer than one minute and 30 seconds. 5. Change the sound clip. 6. Present to the class or share with all the member of your class your movie clip by viewing each classmates video on their pc.

If you get run into problems Google the Internet for Windows 7 Live Movie Maker.

Have fun! If you have time, burn your movie to a DVD and bring home to show your parents