iMovie

iMovie is a very basic but useful video editing tool. It is strongly advised that for Media Studies related production tasks you use Premiere Pro, however for any smaller projects or extra curricular activities this can be a very good way of putting together quick, effective video projects. Please see the tutorials below for some basic guides to get you started.

Creating Your Project and Trimming

This video outlines the steps to create a new video project and the basics of 'trimming' your footage; the process of removing pieces of unwanted footage from your original videos.

Adjusting Audio

When working with multiple clips and audio files, you will often find the volume varies between them. This video outlines the basic methods of adjusting your audio levels to ensure that the volume remains consistent throughout.

Audio Layers

This tutorial shows you how to add and remove audio layers from your project, as well as how to create voiceovers for your videos.

Adjusting Colour

An important stage in video editing is known as 'colour grading'; this is the process of adjusting contrast and colour balance to achieve the look and feel you desire for your footage. This video outlines the basic process of doing this.

Stylizing Footage (Silent Movie)

Some specialist genres of film have very specific stylistic editing techniques applied to them. This video demonstrates how to convert modern footage to appear as retro footage more associated with the 'Silent Movie' genre of the early 19th century. Other effects can also be applied to match different genres using a similar process.

Green Screen (Chroma Keying)

This video briefly explains how to remove a green screen from footage (in the industry this is known as 'chroma keying'). iMovie is a very limited tool for this, so for simple projects it's absolutely fine, but for anything coursework related you should seriously consider using Premiere CC as your editing platform which has a far greater capability with this technique.

Exporting

This video outlines how to turn your iMovie project into a shareable video file.

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