Video Production Resources
This section is intended to provide some resources for the aspiring videographer. If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to send mail to alex at seattlevintagejazzdance dot com.
Software
There are some videos on YouTube and help on other sites (Microsoft, Apple) to help you edit your movies files with the software listed. These are simple tutorials to give you the basics, but if you're looking for more complex effects, you can search YouTube yourself for them. Chances are they are there.
For audio editing, we recommend using Audacity, which is free and available for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.
- Windows Movie Maker: Microsoft's How-To Center (Windows XP)
- Windows Movie Maker: Getting Started with Windows Movie Maker (Vista)
- Windows Movie Maker Video Editing Tutorial
Many Windows distributions comes with Movie Maker, for editing movies that you take with your video camera. Movie Maker is simple but effective, and comes with Windows XP (SP2) and Vista.
On the Mac, we recommend using the included video-editing software (iMovie and iMovieHD) that comes with your Mac, or with iLife.
- Apple's iMovie Tutorials (iMovie 09)
- Apple iMovie (version 08 and 09) Video Editing Tutorial
- Apple iMovie (older versions) Video Editing Tutorial
For those dabbling in animation, we recommend starting with stop-motion animation. Stop-motion animation is how claymation, LEGO movies, and South Park is done. A camera is pointed at something (clay, LEGOs, or construction-paper cutouts laying flat on a table in the case of South Park), and that something is moved (and sometimes added to) in between individual image captures. For creating stop-motion animations, we recommend using iStopMotion for the Mac ($49), and Anasazi Stop Motion for Windows (free).
For more serious animators, we recommend Toon Boom Studio for the Mac.
Recommended Reading
People
These people have agreed to be available resources to talk to regarding this project, if you have any questions regarding producing/editing your video. They have requested only to be contacted by the following means, and if your questions involve more than a few minutes to answer, they may ask for a fee or refer you to more professional services.
| Name | Specialization | contact info |
|---|---|---|
| Bobby Bonsey | Video Filming and Editing (Mac OS X) | email bbonsey at mac dot com |
| Celeste Olds | Video Filming and Editing (Windows) | email celesteolds at gmail dot com |