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For basic editing, I've found PowerDirector to be really good. They used to have a demo version.
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What OS do you have? Movie Maker doesn't ship with Windows 10 anymore but you can download it from Microsoft. I have looked at a lot of free or lite versions of such tools. Movie Maker is the only free tool I know that is really easy to use and has plenty of features.
A lot of the free tools are very limited or you need to buy the codec (VideoSpin).
Personally I started using LightWorks but I don't have enough experience to give any recommendation on it.
Recently I used Camtasia. The trial version allows you to use it for 30 days free of charge and I liked it a lot.
Have you searched for "Stop motion software" as well? If your son want's to do a Lego movie, this sounds more like a stop motion project. Maybe here it is something : Animation Software Reviews, Best Stop Motion Animation Software[^]
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I did an extensive search for something free a couple years ago, and ended up just paying the $79 for Adobe Premiere Elements. It's well worth the cost.
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Camtasia all the way.
Yes it's £200 or so. but just use the trail and take it from there.
It really is super simple to use and you can get great results.
With direct upload to youtube too..
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I agree. I use it for making training videos and personal needs. I love it and gladly paid for the recent version after using it 5 years earlier. It just got better.
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The easiest tool is Jing from Techsmith, makers of Camtasia.
And it is free.
Choose capture, and then select the area of the screen, click video capture,
and it counts down, turns on the mic, and go.
Only up to 5 minutes, I believe per clip. But really easy.
And you can preview it before you upload it, etc.
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On my Windows 8 64 bit Movie Maker is in:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Photo Gallery\MovieMaker.exe"
I note that I had to look for a MovieMaker project on my computer and open it, then search for the executing MovieMaker file in task manager and ask it to open the containing directory in order to find it.
If you don't mind attempting simultaneous interface deciphering and mental health analysis, you can attempt to use MS Expression Encoder:
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I installed Encoder in July 2015 and somehow made it work as a step recorder. I can't guarantee MS will not now attempt to install Windows 10 on your system if you visit the above link, or that it is the same version I obtained last year: file version 4.0.4276.0 (the installer) Microsoft Expression Encoder 4.
Have you heard of the top secret testing of the Microsoft Self-Driving Car? Reportedly they are having trouble hiring test drivers after several drivers were hit in the groin by the door when they approached the car and put a hand out towards the door handle, then they found themselves inside and unable to get out again (everytime they reached for the "open door" tile on the dash screen the tile disappeared)...when they finally were removed from the car, they found their credit cards had been taken from their wallets somehow. 
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Will a cobbler heel you, and save your sole?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Yes, that's a shoe in.
/ravi
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They tell you that, but I don't believe it[^].
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Yes[^]
That's what I do. I drink, and I know things. ~ Tyrion Lannister
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Oh yes! Rhubarb Cobbler - or Gooseberry Cobbler - with a proper vanilla custard / creme Anglaise.
Haven't had one of those for years...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Blueberry is much better. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Save your sole my foot!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Put a sock in it!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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You're full of cobbledygook 
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If they don't, something strange is afoot.
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Yes, but will it last?
(Wait for it[^] .... )
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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If its the last thing he does.
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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Why the angry face ? 
Maybe she was sad thinking you were moving ?
I'd rather be phishing!
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Maybe this will help a bit: "my grandparents are dead" ... "that's nice"
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Well, in her defense, when my grandparents moved into a retirement home, they couldn't bring along a full house worth of furniture with them, so my parents/uncles/aunts "inherited" it even though they were still alive and well...
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