"Latin BLING" Music Video

Latin Bling Video from Allynn Lodge on Vimeo.

In addition to teaching Spanish this year, I have one section of 6th grade Latin. Learning about grammar can get a little dry, so we rewrote the lyrics to Drake's hit "Hotline Bling" and sung about the accusative case ending "m" in Latin.  

Making the video

I used an old digital camera to film, but quickly realized I need to purchase an HD camera for better quality.  Maybe Santa will bring me a GoPro, but in the mean time, my Canon Powershot gets the job done.

I imported the clips into iMovie, along with a "color loop" downloaded off Youtube.  I also downloaded the instrumental track to Hotline Bling off Youtube, using Listentoyoutube.com.  I checked with a librarian friend, and we think this project avoids copyright issues due to the fact that it was created for educational use.

I used iMovie to edit, and had a student rap over the "Instrumental" track using the voiceover feature within iMovie; she used headphones with a built-in mic to improve sound quality.  Without the headphones and mic, the volume of the voiceover was almost inaudible.

The latest version of iMovie had a cool neon title feature which I used for the opening and ending credits.

#TBT

The last time I taught Latin and made a video was when Gangam Style was a big hit...

M's Accusative! from Allynn Lodge on Vimeo.