Jumpcut is a terrific web-based video editing application, that I discovered after Ollie Bray mentioned it on his blog. You upload movie clips and then edit and remix them. Here for example, is a short film that I created from some BBC Creative Archive footage.
The original clip is here. Why not remix it yourself?
The implications are fairly obvious; students can edit a short film as a homework assignment without requiring video editing software. Teachers can provide suitable source material. Audio clips and various effects can be added and the resulting movies tagged and shared via email, or embedded in websites. The BBC Creative Archive has been withdrawn at the end of its trial period while they consider the implications of the service. Hopefully it will be back soon.
Jumpcut is another sign that the day of a PC with zero applications installed, apart from a web browser, is approaching. Read My Uninstalled Life for more!
Well done Noal – I think this is great! Isn’t Jumpcut a great be of technology, which is so easy to use! Have you had a look at Veotag yet? (http://www.veotag.com/player/?u=hjqckmorhk) – This will also be right up your street!
As you say, I think the real value of Jumpcut will come when we give students get a bit of video. Either something that they have filmed themselves or something like the BBC footage you have used and their homework is to edit the video into a news report. I can’t wait to see 30 different versions of the same bit of video! Keep up the good work, Ollie.