Practice Activity
Make sure you have all watched the following tutorials on the sharepoint:
Production
Before you begin shooting, watch the following tutorials:
Getting Started
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/stopmotion/sm_capture.htm
Setting Up the Camera
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/stopmotion/sm_setup.htm
Capturing and Editing in Adobe Premiere Elements
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/stopmotion/capture_edit/capture_edit.html

Practice Project
Follow the directions on setting up your camera and Adobe Premiere Elements. Then ask your instructor for the clay ball. Your assignment is to film:

1. The ball rolling into the frame
2. Stopping (make sure to do a slight roll back)
3. Slowly changing into something (a square or something else)

Motion and Advanced Titling in Adobe Premiere Elements In this tutorial you will learn how add shapes, change colors and drop shadow and layer objects in a title. Then you will learn how to use key frames to move a title. Project Files No project files needed for this tutorial. Use any project. Tutorial (3:20) http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/video/motion/motion.html

Exporting from Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0 In this tutorial you will learn how export an .avi and .wmv file from Adobe Premiere Elements. Project Files No project files needed for this tutorial. Use any project. Tutorial (5:35) http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/video/export_pe/export.html

Narration (Voice Over or V.O.)
In this tutorial you will learn how use Adobe Premiere Elements to add a narration track to your project.
Project Files
No project files needed for this tutorial. Use any project.
Tutorial (2:58)
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/video/adding_narration/adding_narration.html   

Ripping Audio from a CD Using Windows Media Player
In this tutorial you will learn how to rip a track of audio from a CD using Windows Media Player.
Of course, if you are using copyrighted music, you will need to follow the guidelines for using copyrighted music for classroom projects.
Project Files
No project files needed for this tutorial. Use any project.
Tutorial (3:20)
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/rip/rip.html

Sound FX
In this tutorial you will learn how use both the Digital Juice Sound FX library (10,000 sounds!) and Sound Dogs.com to get sound FX for your project.
Project Files
No project files needed for this tutorial. Use any project.
Tutorial (7:55)
http://www.mountsihighschool.com/directory/_dockeryj/video/soundfx/soundfx.html