Why Using Short Films Makes Your Life Easier
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Ever begin planning a talk for your Catholic parish school, but quickly stop because it’s too hard? Those talks with so many facts, theories, and well language that’s hard to even pronounce?
Here’s the Remedy
Turn your talk into a short 3-7 minute length DVD. Young people are trained to glue themselves to the projection. Yes, a quite room attentively listening to your presentation. All the plans and preparation are done prior to the presentation. The best part is…you can go from classroom to classroom giving the same talk.
How to Make the Video
More resources are below (this is just the plan). These steps are for a movie using photos, youtube, and voice. It’s simple!
- Brainstorm and collect ideas/facts. PRAY to JESUS.
- Begin using google image search to collect photos
- Using iMovie (Yea I love Macs!) start placing the pictures together (Don’t forget about Transitions)
- Write Your Script
- Record Your Audio – Make it Sharp, Clean, Fast. Added Bonus: Dramatic Voice
- Now place the audio and video together.
- Fix the pictures/video to go along with the audio
- Leave a 15 second intro and exit
- Place music in background, and fade it turning your audio
- Add Transitions
- Burn your semi-professional DVD
But your missing so many little steps. Well, part of the fun is experimenting…and praying to the Holy Spirit.
Also make sure your movie is at a good fast pace. Nobody likes distorted slow transitions or lousy voice-overs.
Resources Needed to Make Video
- Digital Camera or Camcorder – I like to use one with a firewire cable if I am importing video
- Google Image Search
- Audacity Audio Recorder
- iMovie This site includes “How To” videos
- How to take video off of YouTube for Mac and How to Convert it from FLV to MOV for iMovie use
- How to Turn it into a DVD – Mac
How to Present Your Movie
- Open with a Prayer
- Give an introduction to the topic, maybe a quick story and things to watch for in the movie.
- Play Movie
- Give a little followup and answer any questions
- End with a Prayer
Yea, its that simple. This is an excellent way to teach and evangelize if you are nervous on a topic or make your life easier. In addition, many Catholic topics are hard to explain without a picture. It’s a lot easier to show a picture of a Eucharistic miracle, than to just talk about it.
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