iMovie lets students focus on content, not videography

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Can you please post the YouTube links?

I have to admit that I am a bit dubious that first time students using iMovie were able to create "professional-looking video". Can you please post the links to the videos you talk about here?

I believe that the best way to learn editing is old-school hand-splicing 16mm reversal film. When you are physically cutting a positive print, the only copy of your film in existence, you tend to internalize the editing process much more fully. Anyone who has ever had to splice one frame back onto a reel quickly learns that it's better to see the edit in your head before you ever commit to it in reality.

In this case it's better if the process slows you down so you truly absorb the concepts. I can't imagine a single person learning editing on a non-linear editing system ever truly agonized over which is the exact perfect frame to cut on, when you can just Undo any action.

Posted by: dkawalec   Posted on: 03/18/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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