MMED 724 Video Editing for Music Educators

3 credits 45.0 hours
700 level graduate course

Making professional quality video has never been easier, thanks to faster computers, improved video editing software, and exciting Web 2.0 tools! Learn how to make effective videos from still images, how to make simple animations, and how to assemble motion footage. Discover how to prepare your content for delivery on the web, or on DVD. Participants will learn planning and pre-production techniques, gathering and editing footage, and adding titles, transitions, and other finishing touches in post production. Learn how to capture and edit video with iMovie. GarageBand will be used to teach you how to create royalty free soundtracks for use in your multimedia presentations. Finally, learn how to author a DVD disc of your masterpiece with iDVD. What to bring: Participants are encouraged to bring a flash drive with 30-50 school based jpeg images that can be incorporated into a video, and to bring two blank DVD-R discs.

This course is not repeatable for credit.