Creating an Xtranormal movie

A brief guide

by

Ms. G. Ellner

You must have an email account

• You must be able to sign on to it.

• If you don’t have one, you can use gmail to make one.

Now that you know that you can sign on to your email

• Go to the Xtranormal website at www.xtranormal.com

Sign up for an accountLook at top

right.

Go to your email

• Open the email from the people at Xtranormal.

• Activate your account.

Sign into your account

Select “Make Movies”

Collections often change.

Select a Collection

You will not be able to use all of the collections for free.

Select 2 Actors

Follow the directionsYour points are at

top on the left.

Continue if you have enough points.

• If you don’t have enough points, go back and select another collection.

You then select your two actors

The highlighted actor is the one you are working on.

Select their voice at the bottom of the screen.

You can add sounds to your movie

• These sounds are sometimes distracting from your dialogue.

• You can listen to them and then decide.

• You can also skip this altogether for this assignment.

Now, type your dialogue.Type all of it

and then listen to it.

Practice with different camera angles, motions, pointing, and faces.

Save your movie as you type your text.

Previewing your movie takes time. You might want to do this at home.

Email your movie link to us

Be sure to publish it first.

geri.ellner@gmail.com