| Recently our family celebrated our parents Golden | | | | you and your family may not have. These photos will |
| Wedding Anniversary. Part of the celebration planning | | | | be cherished additions to the movie. Scan the photos |
| included making a video of our parents lives beginning | | | | to a folder on your computer made just for the |
| with photos of each of them as babies through the | | | | anniversary movie. Having the photos located in one |
| years to current times. | | | | place will make it easier when importing the |
| This article will cover the following steps to make your | | | | photographs into Windows Movie Maker or other |
| anniversary memory movie using Windows Movie | | | | movie program. |
| Maker: | | | | Music Selections for your Anniversary Memory Movie |
| | | | When it comes to adding music to the movie, getting |
| 1. Determining the Format of the Movie | | | | everyone involved is both fun and entertaining. Include |
| 2. Gathering and Choosing Photos | | | | songs specific to special events such as the couples |
| 3. Selecting Music | | | | first wedding dance. Choose songs that are extra |
| 4. Saving and Sharing the movie. | | | | special and meaningful such as theme songs from |
| Which Layout or Format: Chronological, Theme, or | | | | favorite theater or Broadway shows. Find songs online |
| Location? | | | | at retailers such as Amazon, or from your CD |
| Deciding on the layout of the movie will help you in | | | | collection. Import the songs into the movie maker |
| determining which photos to look for and include in | | | | program and drop and drag the song into the movie |
| your movie. When it comes to the format of the video | | | | time line. |
| consider covering the married couples lives by | | | | Saving and Sharing the Anniversary Memory Movie |
| decades, location or special interests. For instance | | | | When it is time to save the movie, the Windows Movie |
| when featuring the couple through the decades, include | | | | Maker program offers several choices. The first is to |
| transition frames that identifies the decade, such as | | | | save the file to your computers hard drive. This is |
| "1970's". If the special couple has enjoyed traveling | | | | essential throughout the creation process so that your |
| through the years consider highlighting different trips. | | | | work is not lost. When the movie is complete, you will |
| Transition frames could be used here too to distinguish | | | | also have the option of emailing the movie file. This |
| different trips such as "Europe, 1970", "Paris, 1981". | | | | feature may be limited by the file size. Email servers |
| Finally, special interests that the couples has enjoyed | | | | may limit the ability to send large movie files, such as |
| throughout the years is another way of featuring the | | | | the Google email program, which has a 25mg |
| couple, such as travel, special sports, or antiques to | | | | restriction on its attachment size. The Windows Movie |
| name a few. | | | | Maker program offers saving the file to a CD which |
| Gathering, Scanning and Saving Photos for your Movie | | | | can then be played on a PC or laptop using Windows |
| With the format determined, gather photos from online | | | | Media Player. If you desire a DVD that can be viewed |
| and physical albums, family blogs, shoe boxes, and | | | | on the television using a DVD player, you will need to |
| friends to include in the movie. Photos from the | | | | first save the movie file to CD, then use a third party |
| celebrating couples friends will add a special level of | | | | DVD maker software to make a DVD. |
| interest since these may feature events or times that | | | | |