Tag: iMovie

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My five favorite posts from The 67th Street Project were “CUNY Timeline,” “A Walk Along Broadway,” “Juilliard,” “The Battle of the Brews,” and Lunch and Desert on the West Side of the Town.”

“CUNY Timeline” was a very interesting project, which heavily used many interesting web tools. The use of Dipity was great, with the group being able to show different events using the timeline. The timeline and map views were amazing, and they overall gave a very interesting background about the subject matter using these web tools.

“A Walk Along Broadway” was also a great film that employed use of Google Maps, one of my favorite web tools. I also loved the editing job for the video-aspect of their project. Its amazing how they designed their project so that you can click a specific location and view a video that was specific for that location.

“Julliard” was an interesting video that showed aspects of the Julliard School. The strong use of iMovie was great, with many of the preset themes and sounds being used, and helped smooth the transitions between various shots. The editing job was fantastic. The song in the background kept the viewer interested throughout the video.

“The Battle of the Brews” was amazing because it really explored the topic of coffee in New York. The use of iMovie was once again great, with the editing and transitions all being superb. The video ran smoothly and kept the viewer engaged throughout the presentation. The interviews with New Yorkers were all edited beautifully. Overall this was a great video.

“Lunch and Desert on the West Side of Town” was also an interesting video that made me hungry. It showed a group of students getting cupcakes. The use of iMovie is also evident here, with video editing, songs in the background, and smooth transitions. The sound effects embedded in the video were all used perfectly and helped enhance the video. The introduction to the video was also engaging and pleasurable to watch.

Project Z: Contemporary Critique of Zara (the Prequel)

We are Paul Alzate, Grace Prestamo, and Motahara Whab and are all from Queens. For this project, we chose to learn about the clothing store Zara: the style of clothing that is sold, the type of people that patronize the store , the prices as compared to other retailers, and the satisfaction of the clientele and the employees. Through this small project, we also learned the various facets of iMovie, like the tools it provides to the modern filmmaker, and cool things like flipping clips over in editing mode.

Why did we choose this project? Well, obviously to learn about Zara and advance our skills with the technology Macaulay gives us. Our motivation wasn’t affected at all by the fact that we originally wanted to do our project on ABC, and had to come up with an alternative plan. No! We love Zara! 🙂

We learned about not only iMovies, and the process of recording a video, but we also learned about ourselves and our limitations. Grace learned that she can interview like no else, Motahara learned she can narrate introductions eloquently, and Paul learned that he can be a cameraman if his hands didn’t shake so much.

Levain Bakery- Authentic French Treats

We used our flipcams to record a typical day at the Levain Bakery. Then we used Imovie to create our video.

We chose this place because someone introduce us to it before, and we want to use this chance to try out the famous bakery goods.

We learned that their food is definitely delicious, and that it was a great find within the neighborhood. We learned to detach the audio from the film, used transitions, and inserted our own music.  Their cookies are the most well-known in their bakery goods.

Don’t forget to stop by and try it for yourself!

Jennifer Chin ( Baruch College) , Anita Lin ( Hunter College), Rachel Ilg (Hunter College), and Jessica Lam ( Baruch College)

Levain Bakery – Medium