7 & 8 Music Video Resources

This is the stack of magazine I started with where I began selecting images. The music track I have selected is 'Right Here, Right Now' by the artist Fatboy Slim. The uptempo (many beats per second) dynamic mood of the song has inspired me towards images of basketball athletes in motion. I have selected some gardening and quilting magazines mainly for background textures of varying colours. 



Here I have selected my images and I have begun cutting them out so that they can be digitised later. You can either cut out your subjects with a background, or you can cut around their borders without a background. Don't stress about cutting out images perfectly, we will have plenty of room in the video editing software to manipulate the scanned images. I found that having many images scanned was best as it gave me more choices to work with in the editing software.



You can see the images I have selected. On the left I have delicately cut out the background to isolate the subject. On the far right, I have chosen some natural elements from my garden that I can scan. The combination of athletes and nature creates a metaphor that I enjoy. Feel free to explore whatever may be around you. Think colour and texture! You can even do a drawing of your own. You'll see later on I've even scanned my hand. 

Now for the technicalities! 

Connect the scanner cable to a laptop's port. I have used a USB to USB-C converter to fit my machine. Next we will prepare our cut out images on the scanner tray.

After laying out my images to scan. Open PREVIEW on your laptop and navigate your way to the 'Import from Scanner' prompt. Clicking that, you will then be asked if you'd like to create an 'Overview' of your scan. Generate an 'Overview.'

Next we will make sure to match the settings in the boxes on the right hand side of this image. I am using a 'Resolution' of 600dpi - the highest resolution that my scanner will allow. This means that my scans will be of a high quality so that I can zoom into them as much as I'd like in the video edit without the images becoming blurry. I have made sure to scan my images in colour.

When you click 'Scan' you will be given a prompt to choose where you wish to save your image. Save your image in your 'Media Assignment' folder. Repeat this process until all your scans are digitised. I have chosen to scan my images as 'PNG's.' This file type works well with Adobe Photoshop. Students wishing to extend themselves and those with photoshop skills are allowed to continue editing their images if they wish.

And here are all my scans! All ready to be imported into my video editing software. Images may need to be cropped into individual images in your video editing software.  

Video Editing & Animation Lesson Resources in development.