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Well, my assignment this week was to review two film editing software programs that are available on the web for free. I am familiar with Movie Maker, so it was an obvious choice. My other choice was a bit more difficult. I downloaded and attempted to use several different programs. Unfortunately, none were quite as easy to use as Movie Maker. Maybe, I just didn’t really know what I was doing, but I was not very successful with any of the other programs that I tried. One of the first I attempted to use was WAX. Wax imports AVI, WAV, and all popular image formats. Wax also uses the drag and drop feature to place media into the program. Even after watching the tutorial that was provided, I found myself somewhat confused. My many attempts at creating something (anything at all) with Wax ended in failure. Perhaps, video editing software is not my forte. In my opinion Wax was not as user friendly as Movie Maker.

I have used Movie Maker in my classroom to complete projects for technology in conjunction with gifted and talented requirements. Students chose an animal, researched it, and created a movie as their project. Movie Maker allows for images, sound, and video to be imported. Once media is imported into Movie Maker, then use the drag and drop feature to movie it on to the storyboard. Files can be rearranged by this method as well. Music or sound is added on the timeline. This feature allows you to see how long the video will be and if more sound (music or narration) is needed. Movie Maker has steps to include transitions, photo effects, title slides, and credit slides. Whether you are beginner or advanced an adult or student one can move effortlessly from media images into a movie with Movie Maker. My choice by far is Movie Maker.