UNIT -1 ASSESSMENTS

Answer the following questions:

1. Which is the default view in Movie maker?

The storyboard view
2. What are the functions of various movie panes of the windows movie maker?
Windows Movie Maker provides several different panes that are:
i) The Tasks pane lists the common tasks that may be needed to perform while making
a movie, including importing files, editing, and publishing your movie.
ii) The Collections pane displays our collection folders, which contain clips. The
collection folders appear in the Collections pane on the left, and the clips in the selected
collection folder are displayed in the Contents pane on the right.
iii) The Contents pane shows clips, effects, or transitions that are working with while
creating our movie, depending on the view being worked with.
3. What does .mp2 and .mp3 stand for?
.mp2 means MPEG Audio layer 2 which is a less compressed (6:1)audio file format.
.mp3 means MPEG Audio layer 3 which is a more compressed (8:1)audio file format.
4. What are the commonly used file extensions for images?
.bmp , .dib , .emf , .gif , .jpeg , .png , .tiff , .wmf
5. Can we import more than one clip at a time?
Yes , by selecting multiple clip by pressing SHIFT (continues selection) or CTRL
(discontinues selection)
6. What does .jpeg stand for?
Joint Picture Expert Group
7. How can you combine non-contiguous clips?
To Combine Clips
i) In the Contents pane or on the storyboard, hold down the CTRL key, and then click the
contiguous clips which need to be combined.
ii) Click Clip, and then click Combine.
8. How is a clip split?
Steps to Split a Clip:
i) In the Contents pane or on the storyboard/timeline, click the video or audio clip that
needs to be split.
ii) Under the preview monitor, click the Play button.
iii) When the clip reaches a point near the place you want to split the clip, click Pause.
iv) Under the preview monitor, use the playback controls to find the point where we want
to split the clip.v) Under the preview monitor, click the Split button.
Tip: The playback indicator can be dragged on the seek bar to the exact spot where you
want to split the clip.
9. What do you mean by trimming a clip?
 Trim (Hide) Parts of a Video Clip: When a clip is to be trimmed, a new start and/or end
trim point is made. The start trim point determines when the clip will begin to play, and
the end trim point determines when the clip will stop playing in our project and final
movie. When we trim a clip, the trimmed part of the clip is not actually removed from the
source file; it's just hidden so the trimmed part doesn't appear in our project or published
movie.
Steps to trim a video clip
i) While in the storyboard view, click View, and then click Timeline.
ii) On the timeline, click the clip that wished to be trimmed.
iii) Use the playback controls under the preview monitor to find the point where you want
to trim the clip.
iv) Do the following: When the playback indicator is at the point where we want the
selected video or audio clip to start playing back, click Clip, and then click Trim
Beginning. When the playback indicator is at the point where we want the selected video
or audio clip to stop playing back, click Clip, and then click Trim End.
10. Can you undo the trimming changes?
Yes
To Undo a Trimmed Clip
i) While being in the storyboard view, click View, and then click Timeline.
ii)) Click the trimmed clip on the timeline, click Clip, and then click Clear Trim Points.
11. Explain the Steps needed to Change the Title Duration of your video.
Steps to Change the Title Duration
1) To make sure that you are in timeline view, click the View menu, and then click
Timeline.
2) Select the title whose duration you want to change.
3) Do the following: To extend the playback duration of the title, drag the end trim
handle toward the end of the timeline. To reduce the playback duration of the title, drag
the end trim handle toward the beginning of the timeline.
12. How can you burn your movie into a CD?
Steps to Publish and Burn a Movie to a Recordable CD
1) Insert a blank recordable CD or a rewritable CD into your CD burner.
2) Click File, and then click Publish Movie.
3) Click Recordable CD, and then click Next.
4) In the File name box, type a name for your movie.
5) In the CD Name box, type a name for the CD, and then click Next.
6) Choose the settings to be used to publish the movie, and then click Publish.
7) To publish and burn the movie to another recordable CD, select Publish this movie to
another recordable CDcheck box, and then click Next. Replace the recordable CD with
another recordable CD, and then repeat steps 4 through 6.
13. How can the title be removed from the video?
Steps to Remove a Title
 1) On the storyboard/timeline, click the title that needs to be removed.
2) Click Edit, and then click Remove.
14. Explain the various Steps to save and publish the video generated
Steps to Publish a Movie to your Computer
1) Click File, click Publish Movie.
2) Click This computer, and then click Next.
3) In the File name box, type a name for your movie.
4) In the Publish to box, choose wherever you want to save the movie once it's published,
and then click Next.
5) Choose the settings to be used to publish the movie, and then click Publish.
6) To watch the movie after it has been published, select the Play movie after clicking
the Finish check box.
7) Click Finish.

15. Explain the information which the Published movie should not contain.
In the Published Movie File always remember not to include information such as the title,
author, copyright, rating, and comments in your published movie files so that our name
and other metadata information is not displayed when someone else plays back our movie
in a media player.
To choose not to include metadata in your finished movie, do the following:
1) Click Tools, and then click Options.
2) Click the General tab, and then select or clear the Do not include the title, author,
copyright, rating, and comments information in the published movie file check box,
depending on whether we want personally identifiable information to be removed with
the published movie file.

16. Is there any difference between saving and publishing?

Saving a movie in the windows movie maker is similar to publishing the movie. This
software uses publishing for saving. Therefore, if you have to save a movie on your
computer, you will simply publish it to any of your computer folders.