Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Revised Expository Essay

How To Make A Home Movie

Follow these simple steps to make a great home movie you can watch over and over. First, decide what you want the topic of the home movie to be. For example, you could choose to make your movie about skateboarding and rollerblading at the skate park. Next, then choose who will be the stars of the movie. You can choose to tape your family or your friends, or anyone else you want.

After these decisions have been made, go to the location of the movie. Once at the location, get the video equipment out and get it ready to film the movie. Then, have the stars start doing whatever they are supposed to be doing.

After that, start shooting the movie, and make sure to film the shot from many different angles to get a better selection of clips for editing. Try to get more footage than needed so there is a better selection of clips during editing. For example, for a twenty minute movie, then shoot at least forty to sixty minutes of footage. Once the shooting is done, pack up the equipment and leave to go home.

Once at home, take the video camera and plug it into the computer and get it ready to transfer the clips. Next, open a movie editing program and transfer the video clips to the program. After the video clips have finished transferring, begin editing the movie. Take the video clips and rearrange them, have the shot switch from angle to angle, or add effects to make the shots more interesting.

Finally, once the editing is done, put a blank DVD in the DVD-rom drive and copy the movie over to the DVD. Once that’s done pop in some popcorn, get some soda, put the DVD in, sit down on the couch, and enjoy the new home movie you made.

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