Updated on March 31, 2017
These video, movie, and film making websites offer students guidance, and tips for kids and students using these media for school projects. A few of the sites explore the history of film making.
These video workshops, designed for kids ages 9-11, provide instruction in film making topics of location, props, storyboarding, software, editing, titles, and sharing. Other topics include film animation, use of the green screen and cut out animation. There are also…
POV documentaries with a point of view are a resource for teachers and students. They include free video clips of documentaries and lesson plans. Be sure to check out the Resources section. You will find the latest buzz on interactive…
From site: Create, remix, share, impress. Mix images, videos and soundtracks. Add titles, transitions, oohs, and ahhs. Preview instantly your video creations with Stupeflix uniquely fast rendering technology. Insert your pictures and videos into professionally designed video themes. FREE videos…
From site: Masher lets you easily create a video by mashing together video clips, music tracks and photos. So you can create a video to brag about your holiday, to wish your friend happy birthday, or to show off your…
Have you ever wanted to direct your own movie? No problem. This interactive helps you make a movie in a few simple steps. When your opus is complete send it to a friend.
BBC’s One-Minute Movies provides you with guidelines for making a short video or film, including creating a story, using a camera and directing action, editing your film, and adding sound effects and music. Although the site no longer accepts films…
From site: Use this activity to make an animated movie. Load objects onto the screen using the menu to the right. Move the objects around the screen and take pictures. Select “Play” to watch your movie.
Based on a project to promote a day in your local community, this site offers step-by-step guidance for planning, shooting, and editing your film project. There are planning and storyboarding tools, advice on film angles and sequencing, a shooting guide…
In the Media Arts Studio, watch a video and be a TV and film critic. Learn how to make a storyboard, find out how animation works, and change a movie’s soundtrack to change its mood. Teachers resources include curriculum standards…
Video production helps students to create work in a hands-on visual way to support project-based learning. Topics include scripting and storyboarding, shooting, video, audio, editing and publishing.
Buster is making a movie. Help him fix it the way he wants. You choose the setting elements, characters and music to fit the movie’s theme.
From site: Looking through the lens of a camera as actors bring to life a writer’s story, the filmmaker is also peering into a world of imagination. The director, producer, actors, screenwriter, and film editor are all essential players in…