Horner Art Workshop

A note about transitions

Just wanted to make a comment tonight about transitions. We used the option in IMOVIE to include transitions between the scenes. This is a great option where one piece of footage fades into another.
We had to do it because we were working with still pictures.

SPLIT THE VIDEO AT THE PLAYHEAD. Go to the EDITING tap and chose TRANSITION.
Some of the transitions give you the option of moving them in a certain direction. The direction indicator will be available depending on the transition you have chosen. You can also choose a speed for the transition.
Once you have chosen the transition insert it between the two scenes you want the transition to take place. If you change your mind you can click UPDATE and this will give you the option to choose another transition.
If you are working with a moving picture and you are not certain where to put transitions you can get a feel just by looking at TV and movies. Observe where they use transitions.

The Art Coach
Ray Horner Jr.

Step 18

Before I could burn the DVD there was a final critical step needed. The title had to be created. I decided to use the title animation feature in IMOVIEHD. This feature works like the fade-in and fade-out option in PowerPoint.

In IMOVIEHD you go to the TITLE and click on the type. I chose an animated option. I then clicked on the color and and selected the color and font I wanted. I had to option to choose to have the title appear on black or directly on the image. I decided to choose a moderately fast speed for the title to appear on the screen.

When I was finished I clicked on the ADD button, Rewind and pressed PLAY.

The title came over the screen and engaged the viewer. When you combine the illustration, title animation and music it helps to make a great opening.

The entire movie was brought into IDVD on the Mac. Here they have several thematic templates . I brought in the music made in Garageband which was reformatted in ITUNEs as a Mp3. I clicked on CUSTOMIZE . This gave me a wide selection of themes to choose from. The theme I chose was called KIDS THEATER 2 in the 4.0 Theme series. This awesome template gave the viewer the excitement of something behind a curtain. This theme allowed me to put an image behind the curtain. When the curtain opens the viewer sees the two main characters.

Step. 16

After several takes of matching the voice overs with the music timed to the pictures we had completed our first DVD. Now it was time to burn the master. All the music was brought into ITUNES. In case you are wondering how this was done GARAGEBAND allows you to export into ITUNES.

Then the music can be converted in ITUNES into  an Mp3 format. The music can then be brought back into IMOVIES.

Note: Once you have an MP3 file you can send it to other people, download it into your ipod, make a cd to play into your computer(You cannot play the Mp3 format in your car unless cd player reads Mp3.)

Ray

From ITUNES

Step 15

After this analysis we went to work in GARAGEBAND. I am not a piano player but for those that can play the keyboard GARAGEBAND allows you to play into GARAGEBAND with your computer. This is great because you can personalize your music.. GARAGEBAND also allows you to use your mouse to play the the keyboard on screen.
Tip. I have a Wacom tablet and I use the pen tool which gives me more speed in hitting those keys.on the key board. This worked out greatly for me. I was able to layer music with my own influence into GARAGEBAND using their on screen keyboard.
Now it was time for sampling the sound files. I used a stop watch. I usually like to start with a foundational percussion if I’m using drum’s to give me a feel for time to layer other instrument’s.

Step 14

We looked at each scene for the type of music it needed. Below is a brief outline of the type of music we aimed for with each scene.
1. We needed a into major theme
2. We also needed to introduced different characters our two main characters with music.
3. We also needed some light music to use as background under the voices.
4. We also needed music for dramatic scene changes
6. And finally a exit song.

Step 13

We thought of the sound effects for some of the scenes like the sound of bird’s, crumbs hitting the ground, rocks being thrown. We did a dress rehearsal with sound this time. We had to keep our audience in mind. . Because we are addressing the needs of children we need to give them more time to process the images and allow their minds the time to process what they have just heard. In-fact we are in the process of doing of another revision to extend it even more and to make the script simpler.

Step 12

I created some real jazzy music in GARAGEBAND as a transition for bird hangout. Of course, the implication is not that it was really a cool place to hang out in but that the birds who did not work perceived it to be a cool place.

Click sound bar below to hear background music to Bird Hangout

Step 11

After listening we decided that something was missing. But what was missing? Ah Ha! NO MUSIC! NO SPECIAL SOUND EFFECTS! BORING! It was time for GARAGEBAND. This is a sound studio program that work’s seamlessly with IMOVIE and it is so much fun.

Step 10
We Listened  and watched the the show.We needed to determine if there were transitions that need to be emphasized. We  added fade outs and fade ins between shot’s. IMOVIE allows you to do this very easily it is just a drag and drop move between scene’s. This makes for a smooth show.