Windows Movie Maker

I have been using Windows movie maker to make the animatics I have done so far. I have taken screenshots of the programme that I have been using and what is so important about the programme which makes the animatic good.

This is the first screenshot that I have taken. It shows where all the pictures and files get imported. This means that all of the pictures and files are all in the same place which means that it is easier to see where everything is. I also like the fact that you can see the pictures very well which makes it very clear on what you are putting on the time line. You are able to see all the files including if it is a sound file or a picture. This is good because it is very easy to find everything but also something that is good about this is that the pictures come up as thumbnails which enables you to see all of the picture.

This is a picture of the timeline at the bottom of the Windows movie maker programme. This is a good feature because you are able to see how long the picture or video lasts for and also you can see what tranisitions you have used or the sounds. I think that this is good because it enables to see the picture of video clearly and this makes it easier to match the music with the picture or the video. The zoom button also makes this easier as you can zoom in or out as much as you want.

This is the screen where they play the video for you and also it plays automatically if you put a tranistion on a picture or a video which is good because you are able to see if it works well or not. If not then why it doesn't work well. This is also a good feature because you are able to play your video whenever you want all the time and also pick where you want to start your movie from to make sure that all the timings are right. It tells you the time of the film playing at the bottom of this feature so you know at what point the movie is going well or not. You can also make this screen bigger so you can see everyhing that is going on in the movie in more detail.

All these features that are on the programme are all good and key to making a good movie trailer. I also think that Pinnacle 12 is also a very good programme and might even better. I am going to look at what Pinnacle 12 has to offer in my next post and then see which is better and will make my movie trailer better.