As a finishing touch to your website we would like you to produce a 3-4 minute video or slide show capturing your field class experiences – something like the video produced in 2007 and shown below.
The mini-laptop supplied will have Windows Movie Maker installed. You could create a video slide-show entirely from still images, but most digital cameras also have the capacity to record short video sequences. Groups are welcome to take camcorders if you own them but this is not a requirement.
The video will require sound – music and possibly some narration. The music may be a backing track provided by Windows Movie Maker or you may use an MP3 or music file obtained elsewhere or captured from CD using Windows Media Recorder.
One way to publish your video is to upload the video file to Youtube and then embed your Youtube video in a sidebar widget or in a post or page. However there are some drawbacks to this approach.
We will discuss the video in more detail on the preparation day. One of the tasks between the two preparation sessions/days will be for each group to familiarise themselves with using Movie Maker and for making decisions on what if any music files will be required as you will make the movie while in Crete.
2007 Crete field class video:
Further Reading
Guidance on using Windows Movie Maker
