Domo Arigato Animoto

For the second part of this digitalstorytelling task I chose to use Animoto, which literally only took ten minutes. It is just a simple upload, organization, music selection, and then the rest of the editing work is done for you. I guess that's the only downfall to Animoto: they don't let you do the creative part. For people, who HATE editing, this would be a great tool to use, but I really LOVE editing and it sort of took that fun away from me. For my video/photo collage I chose the 30-second video option, but you can make them longer. This is also another tool that Teryl Magee told me her classroom uses.

This tool is almost a complete opposite to VoiceThread, in terms of audio options for photos. With VoiceThread music is not really an option and with Animoto music is one of the easiest audio options. But because Animoto does let you upload audio from your computer, recorded voice can be uploaded for the video. Here is the first creation I created with Animoto entitled "Butterfly Farm: The Journey":



There is also a "remix" option that, without changing the photos, music, etc., will re-analyze the slideshow and, for lack of better word, remix it. Since their slogan is "No two videos are the same," I decided to test its truthfulness. Here is "Butterfly Farm: The Journey: The Remix!":