7th grade Argumentative Video Essay: Step 3 Finding Images & Music

• Use large font so it is easy to read. Start with size 48.
• Use font types and colors that can be easily seen.
• Use one sentence per slide.  You may be able to add more but consider how long it will take the average person to read the slide.  Do not sacrifice quality for quantity when it comes to text.  If you have a lot of text, use more slides.
• Make sure your slide is visually interesting. 
• Do not add animated clip art or transitions on your powerpoint.

DO NOT add transitions or music to your powerpoint. You will add this in MovieMaker.

"Creative Commons is a non-profit that offers an alternative to full copyright."

Briefly...

Attribution means:
You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work - and derivative works based upon it - but only if they give you credit.

Noncommercial means:
You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work - and derivative works based upon it - but for noncommercial purposes only.

No Derivative Works means:
You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it.

Share Alike means:
You allow others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work.

creativecommons.org

This presentation may contain copyrighted material used under the educational fair use exemption to U.S. copyright law.

Images are arguably a critical element of your PSA.  However, you must take care to use pictures that are not the copyrighted work of others.  And, you must include a citation for each image used, regardless of copyright, even if the images come from the same website.  Each image should be cited individually. 

The sites to the right are good sites for locating images that can be freely used without infringing on copyright.  In addition, you may use images you find in the databases.

Picture citations should be set up in the following way:  (You could create a slide in powerpoint or create a new doc in Word to keep track of your citations.  Your citations for pictures and music should come at the end of your movie, just before the Educational Fair Use Statement Slide.)

Digital Image. Title for Picture, if given, or provide a brief description of the image. Name of the website (IT WILL NEVER BE GOOGLE!). Web. Date you found the picture (set up in the day month year format) . Website URL

Example:

Digital Image. 1100-pound Kodiak Brown Bear saying "Hello!". FLICKR. Web. 12 April 2012. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougbrown47/7066463935/  

Music is a critical component of your PSA.  And while everyone wants to use their favorite artists and songs, we do have to keep in mind the rules governing copyright.  And with a little searching, you can most likely a good but royalty free tune to use.  And, yes!  You have to cite your sources!

Something to keep in mind about music is that you will need to have the actual music file saved in your PSA folder in order to upload to MovieMaker or Animoto.  It cannot be a link! 

If your song is from a CD or iTunes or Amazon, your citation will look like this:
Artist (last name, first). "Title of Song." Name of album, copyright date. MP3 file.

Example:

Jones, Norah. "Light as a Feather." The Fall. Blue Note Records, 2009. MP3 file.

If your song is from a website like Jamendo, your citation will look like this:

Artist (Last name, first).  Name of song. Recording date. Recording Company. Name of website. Web. date (day month year). <website url.>

Example:

Beethoven, [Ludwig van]. Egmont Overture, op. 84. Cond. Willem Mengelberg. Rec. 14 Jan. 1930. Victor. n.d. Internet Archive. Web. 24 Dec. 2009. <http://www.archive.org/details/BeethovenEgmontOverturemengelberg>.

Most applications require you to upload a file to incorporate audio/sound into your presentation.  You will need to look for downloadable mp3 files.  A link to a file is not sufficient.  You must have the actual file downloaded to your computer. Keep in mind copyright issues that pertain to most popular songs.  You will do best to search for copyright friendly audio and experience new sounds you won't hear on the radio for your school projects.  

Copyright friendly images

Go here for more information on copyright, public domain, and creative commons.

Even if it's "free," you should give credit to your source.