Tues 10th May the first five schools in Tonbridge received introductory training on how to use the Mac minis for DV editing. The equipment was taken away to be used in classes.

The other schools will receive training and equipment in the near future.

The project is up and going!

There will be a meeting of the members of the DV Project at Sussex Road School at 4:00pm on Tuesday 10th May.

You will set up your Mac mini, and take your first steps with Digital Video.

You will be taking your Mac mini and DV camera away with you.

I have a number of tutorial videos for you to take away with you.

DV in Education website have published a simple tutorial on how to use iStopMotion software.

http://213.232.94.135/dv/e107_files/downloads/istopmotionanimationsml.pdf

An American website that showcases the work of American Students. Some very high quality inspirational work. Some movies not suitable for primary aged children.

Campus MovieFest is the only event of its kind to provide tens of thousands of students with the latest technology to create short movies in a week. Student teams at participating universities receive the latest Apple laptops, digital camcorders, and training… in addition to thousands of songs to use from the best independent musicians. Oscars-style showcases deliver unforgettable events for students, faculty, and community members.

http://www.campusmoviefest.com

The Last clock 2002...
Last is a clock that records history. The clock has most recently been exhibited at Siggraph, Ars Electronica and in 'Navigator' in Taiwan which featured the best of the last 15 years of digital art. The clock has won numerous awards including 2 Silver D&AD's visit the Last clock website for more details. This project was a collaboration between Jussi Ängeslevä and Ross Cooper.

This site is unbelievable in that all the animations posted by the community members, include Lego people and Lego sets. Some of the movies are not suitable for viewing by children, but others can give ideas of how to film using the plastic characters. You will need Real Player and Windows Media Player to view.
http://www.brickfilms.com/

Airfoil lets you send any audio to remote speakers attached to your AirPort Express - It's not just for iTunes anymore.
http://www.rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/

There is a useful set of tutorials, including video and iMovie at:
http://journalism.berkeley.edu/multimedia/
You will also find shooting tips and techniques for compressing video to publish to the web.

The Magix website offers a tutorial on how to make a successful digital video.
They also produce some excellent software to produce music to accompany your video.
Check out Music Maker www.magix.com and the video tutorial at
http://site.magix.net/index.php?id=18052

First Light fund and inspire the making of short films by young people in the UK, reflecting the diversity of their lives.

They have enabled almost 8,000 young people between the ages of five and 18 to write, act, shoot and produce over 500 films. Working with filmmakers and organisations, First Light films cover many topics and genres, and make use of accessible digital film technology.

One useful guide they offer for free is a screenwriting kit to help pupils to develop films to discuss issues of citizenship. The guide can be downloaded from: http://www.firstlightmovies.com/assets/ScreenwritingKit.pdf
Check out the example movies for inspiration: http://www.firstlightmovies.com/index.php

iStabilize is a software video stabilizer for MacOS. It stabilizes movies by removing unwanted shaky motion and smoothing the image path.
Shaking often originates from lightweight handheld cameras, particularly when driven at high magnification. Built-in stabilizers mostly do a good job, but can get overcharged in various conditions. Then, iStabilize can be a helpful utility. Being powerful enough to meet professional demands but also affordable for video amateurs
Single license $59 USD
http://www.istabilize.de/index.html

We all know the term DJ, but we may not have come across a VJ. A Video Jockey creates sequences of moving images to match the live on-stage performances of musicians. This could be an inspiration to the youngsters we work with. These guys get paid for this art work. Probably lots!
http://www.apple.com/pro/video/virkhaus/

This is a video walkthrough of how iLife can be used in the classroom to make slideshows and movies.
http://www.denbighict.org.uk/dv/files/misc/ilifehowto.mov

The Mac mini is the smallest and cheapest Macintosh computer Apple has ever released. Interest is unsurprisingly high.
Check out a recent review on:

http://www.ipodlounge.com/articles_more.php?id=6243_0_8_0_C

Macromedia have launched a book to support the use of Flash in Narrative writing. It is entitled "Digital Narrative with Macromedia Flash MX 2004: Communicating Ideas and Information in Science and Other Disciplines" It is most likely to be useful to staff developing reources or to Key Stage 3 students.
http://www.macromedia.com/uk/buy/volume_license/education/studio_site_license.html

http://www.geethree.com/ is the home of iMovie special effects and transitions to be purchased and downloaded.

Although not yet covering the most up to date version of iMovie, the tutorials on the Atomic Learning website may be useful. Some of the tutorial videos require subscription.
http://www.atomiclearning.com/imovie3x

This website is put together using Rapid Weaver. It costs around £20 by online download and is for Mac OS X. It is quite simply the easiest to use web creation tool I have ever come across.
Check out: http://www.realmacsoftware.com

WireTap Pro
Version: 1.0.0
Genre: Audio Capture
Price: $19.00
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.2 or later
Extras: MP3 audio capture
Summary: WireTap Pro allows you to record any audio, saving it to a file for later listening or processing. Streaming Internet audio, sound snippets of a DVD movie, voice notations/narration, audio from a game, digitized audio from a line-in... WireTap Pro does it all.