Movie Maker Tutorials for Story Board/Avid Commercials

Green Screen and Special Effects

Today the students will be continuing to work on their final projects.  I have included the link below so the students have the ability to add special effects to the videos.





Green Screen Link

Final Project - Commercial

The students have been working on their rough drafts of their commercials for the last two weeks.  This week they will begin the work on their final project.  They will be creating a professional advertising strategy based upon the commercial they began writing.  It will feature every aspect of what we have learned in class to date.  They will have to successfully complete the following projects for the final project.



1 Print Advertisement for the product of their choosing

• Must include 2 Visual Effects and 2 Text Boxes

1 Radio Advertisement for the product of their choosing.

• Must Include 5 Audio Effects

1 Video Commercial for the product of their choosing

• Must Include the use of the Green Screen in at least 1 shot

1 Script for the Radio Commercial

1 Script for the Video Commercial

1 Storyboard for the Video Commercial.


The final project will be graded as follows.

1 Print Advertisement for the product of their choosing .......................................... 10 points
1 Radio Advertisement for the product of their choosing......................................... 10 points
1 Video Commercial for the product of their choosing ............................................ 10 points

1 Script for the Radio Commercial ........................................................................... 10 points
1 Script for the Video Commercial ........................................................................... 10 points
1 Storyboard for the Video Commercial. .................................................................. 10 points
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Total Points                                                                                                                  60 points

This project must be completed by Thursday January 28th at the end of the School Day!


Below is the Green Screen Tutorial!

Premiere Elements CC New Features Explanation

Full Move into Premiere Elements

The students will be watching a tutorial inside of Premiere Elements today and then creating a Storyboard, exporting the storyboard into image files, and create a photo story inside of Premiere Elements using the image files created in storyboard.

Step 1.  Watch Basics of Premiere Elements Tutorial.

Step 2.  Create a Storyboard in Storyboardthat.com

The students will be creating an 8 slide storyboard outlining their journey from getting out of bed in the morning and coming to school.  This storyboard will include at least 8 steps, 16 lines of Dialogue created using the textable tabs, and at least 4 different characters introduced throughout the 8 step process.   It will be 1 step per comic cell in storyboardthat.com.

Step 3.  Save and Export your Storyboard into Image Files.

The students will save their work in Storyboardthat.com.  They will then click the option to export as image files.  They will export these as an image pack (first option).  They will save these images in their L Drive.

Step 4.  Open Premiere Elements and create a photo story using these images in premiere elements!

You will be graded as follows for this project.Successful Export of 8 slides of storyboard that ........................................  10 pointsSuccessful Creation of Photo Collage in Premiere Elements ....................   10 points------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total Points Possible                                                                                     20 points

Commercial Scripting/Storyboarding Project

Today the students will begin the planning for their first film project.  First, they will be setting up word so they can write a properly formatted screenplay.

The students will need to follow the following tutorials to properly format their scripts in Word.

Students need to email all missing assignments to

michaelr@spokaneschools.org by the end of the class period today!








Once their formatting is complete the students will have the rest of the week to begin writing their 60 second commercials in their groups or individually. The rough draft of their scripts must be printed off and turned in by the end of the class period on Thursday.

Introduction into Video Production

This week the students will begin to learn the secrets of how to shoot effective video.  The students will be watching each video in the playlist below titled "How to Shoot Like a Pro Series"  This will give the students the opportunity to learn the basics so they are ready to tackle their projects head on.

How to Shoot Like a Pro Series -  5 Videos Total!

For each Video the students will need to make 3 multiple choice questions.  That is 15 multiple choice questions total!  Each multiple choice question is worth 1 pt for a total of 15 points of prework.  They will be quizzed the entire playlist on Thursday.

If the students finish early they may continue their exploration of Storyboarthat.com.  Tomorrow they will begin work on their first assignment in the video production unit.