iMovie comes installed on Macs -
http://www.apple.com/imovie/
Visit the iMovie site for additional sounds, backgrounds, ...
Final Cut Express -
http://www.apple.com/finalcutexpress/
"Whether you're a digital video enthusiast, a small business video
developer, or an event videographer, Apple's new feature-rich DV editing
software is designed for you. It's optimized for the DV and HD format and comes
with all the high-quality compositing, titling and effects capabilities you
need for professional-level video for just $299." Check for education price.
Final Cut Pro -
http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/finalcutpro/
"Whether you're a digital video enthusiast, a small business video
developer, or an event videographer, Apple's new feature-rich DV editing
software is designed for you. It's optimized for the DV and HD format and comes
with all the high-quality compositing, titling and effects capabilities you
need for professional-level video for just $1299." This is the video
software used by the professionalsCheck for education price.
Interview Projects - Have people
play roles for an interview project. They may be artists, collectors,
critics, historians or the people represented in a painting or drawing. It
might also be interesting to have people play two artists discussing their
work with one another.
Instructional Videos - Have people
produce instructional videos. The instructional format is an exciting way
for people to combine traditional art materials with new media. People
may create instructional videos that explain art techniques like working
with watercolor or pastels or how to build an armature or make a linoleum
block print. A group of eighth-grade people in my class created an
instructional video on origami.
Documentaries - People may research
an art movement or artist and create a documentary on that artist or
movement. This can easily be done by downloading still images from the
internet or scanning images from books. The still images may be imported
into iMovie or other video editing programs. Voice-overs and additional
video footage may be added to create a documentary in the style of Ken
Burns.
Poetry Project - People may be
asked to find a poem that they would like to dramatize. Once the poem has
been approved the people must find a way to dramatize each line of the
poem. People may also use still images downloaded from the internet to
illustrate lines of their poem. If the people add the text of each line of
the poem to their video clip or still image the resulting project is a true
multimedia interpretation of a poem.
Aesop's Fables - People select a
Fable and dramatize a contemporary version of the fable.
Character Education - People create
video projects that promote character education.
TV Commercial - People can take on
the challenge of using 30 or 60 seconds to communicate a message and sell a
product in an entertaining way. Also, this project can easily incorporate
traditional media if people are required to create a package design and
then use the package in their commercial.
Short Movie - People create a short
movie. They develop a script, storyboard and include props.
