We starting editing together today. I hooked my laptop up to the LCD projector in order to work with one video group per class. In true team spirit, Annie took the rest of the kids into the hall to do their writing workshop. Much appreciated, Ms. Perry!
The editing was great! The students viewed existing clips (I'd already imported them into FinalCut Pro and then sorted the clips into folders per each video group) and told me which parts to edit out of the clips. There was a lot of giggling and laughter and cheerfulness...although the girls from the Friends video were all mortified to hear their voices in the videos. Too cute. They think their voices sound too deep and are embarrassed about it. I told them I feel the same way about my voice & I know what they're talking about. But honestly their voices sound just like they do in person. Everyone's getting used to their image and sound on the 'big screen.'
I'll be working with the other 4 groups over the next 2 days to edit the other video clips and to move the projects along. Then I'll probably have to do some fine tuning over the weekend, since we only have 5 school days left to work on videotaping, pick up shots, editing, etc. Yikes! I'm a little stressed about the time. Monday's Memorial Day, so school's out. And we're planning to watch the group and individual projects on Friday, June 1 in a viewing bonanza. It will be a fun last day of school. I'd also like to put both the home video and group projects on DVDs to distribute to the school and students sometime soon. It won't be by June 1. But I can easily do that in time for the first day of school next year.
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