iMovie

As I previously mentioned, I have decided to use iMovie on an Apple Mac computer, here are the reasons why I have decided to do this:

1. It is a great editing tool to useto create a movie.

2. iMovie allows you to easily add music, effects, title, graphics, voice over and transitions to create a polished looking movie very quickly and effectivley.

3. It is easy to share that movie. it has one click exports for iTunes, iPhone and YouTube, meaning that I will be able to upload my video to YouTube to gather peoples opinoins on the end product and whether I need to change any of the trailer, to recieve feedback and critical opinoins of what the general public think.

4. The user interface is in one window, which is split into five sections:

5. The project library, allows you to open and work on more than one movie/ film/ trailer at any one time, which are all clearly visible in the project library.

6. The project Storyboard, here you create your movie and are able to easily add new sections of video, move things around and make video clips longer or shorter,

7. The viewer, this is where you view all of your video, you can watch here the movie itself or individual clips that are in your movie, or clips that you are considering to add to your movie. This is very useful in ensuring that you are putting clips in the right sequence and it is large enough to notice problems or other flaws that will need to be rectified.

8. The event library, this groups all of your video clips usually based on the time they were added/taken. This is very useful as it enables you to automatically see what clips you have taken and orders them in a systematic fashion. For the camera that I am using, it enables me to group the clips i take into an order that i will be able to quickly find and locate in order to add and adapt to the final movie cut.

9. The event browser, this shows all of the clips that you have taken, which are in the event you selected from the event library, Here you are able to preview and selected the clips you want in the final movie, in order to determine that you are choosing the correct ones suited for the film. Each clip is disblayed in an easy layout, in the form of a film strip.

10. The toolbar, which is in the middle of the screen as a splitter for the five sections, The toolbar allows you to easily add voice overs, effects, transitions text, etc. very easily, and quickly at the touch of a button. you are also able to adjust the audio you are using, and any video adjustments that need to be done.

As you can see, iMovie, is a very easy to you user-friendly interface, that is well suited for what I am aiming to do. It allows me to complete all of the effects and edits i want to make to create a film trailer worthy of the big screen.

This is a screenshot of what iMovie looks like, as you can see the layout is very understandable, the project library where all of the shots will go before you choose them and edit them is positioned at the top of the screen, with a screen to watch the edited filmn on the top right side of the page, The panel at the bottom is where you edit the shots and turn them into a film. The buttons above and below all give the user different editing toold that will ultimatly turn your production into a very proffesional looking film.

This is the iMovie symbol.