My first iMovie.

For my Education Technology class we each created a digital story; mine was created with my Macbook Pro, iMovie. 

This was the first digital story I have ever created and was my first time using iMovie.

My short story is about a young woman moving to a small town, negatively encountering the Home Owner's Association, and having to overcome the obstacle, deciding to be the bigger person and loving the HOA through an act of kindness in the form of a baked cake.  
May or may not have been inspired by actual events encountered by the video's creator.



We began the project by creating a story map.

• Here I illustrated the beginning, middle conflict, and ending resolution.

I then created the narrative.

• This was the entire story, word for word what I said in the recording of the iMovie.

The final project: My iMovie!  Titled Let Them Eat Cake.


When first approaching this project, I felt overwhelmed!  I had never before created a movie and now my first iMovie is for a grade!  My teacher was very informative and took us through the process step-by-step, even having us collaborate on a rubric for the project. I trusted that she would make this an easier experience than what I felt it would be... And it was!  
After creating the story map and writing the narrative, the time came to create the digital story through iMovie.  The first two hours were the most difficult, trying to figure out how to put pictures and audio in iMovie and figuring out the timing of each transition.  For images, I came into my digital story creating experience with some clear ideas on what I was needing for my story; I took a few of the pictures and went to Google for the rest (I cited my sources at the end of my iMovie). 
I was very relieved when I finished the project, and even though I read my story much too quickly and sounded robotic, to me my iMovie was a success and I learned every step of the way.  I feel more confident with technology now because I never thought I could create anything using a movie creator but I did!
It is important to keep your goal at the forefront, use the tools you have been given and have been taught, and slowly approach the project, applying what you have learned to every step of the way.
Be confident that every advance you make is a success!  :)