Using the Editsense films

Here are some examples of how the films on Editsense have been used by children and young people. The first is by a Year 6 group from Millbrook Junior School in Newport. I put the unedited film on the whiteboard and edited with the whole class using iMovie 09, getting them to choose the shots, trying out different ways of sequencing and trimming them. I then exported the clips and each group created their own soundtrack using Garageband, combining music loops and sound effects.



The next version was made by students on a Modern Foreign Language workshop we ran for Year 12 students at Swansea University. The students edited the films using Final Cut Express and then added a voiceover in the target language using Garageband. Most students did a fairly 'literal' version from the point of view of the girl, but the two students who made this version had other ideas...



Finally, here's a version made by Khalid, the actor in the 'Stairs' sequence, on a youth film-making workshop in Cardiff. I like the way he used compositing as well as straightforward linear editing to tell the story. Again, made with FCE and Garageband.