Advanced iMovie

Techniques

Updated!

Assistant Superintendent - Mariposa County Unified School District Charter Director - Minarets High School • Minarets Charter HS Apple Distinguished Educator Google Certified Teacher Madera Country Teacher of the Year (2010) Central Valley Computer Educator of the Year (2010) “Best of CUE” Presenter Chief Instigator “Rock Star Teacher Camp” Creator of “CUE” education strand at MacWorld 2010

Credentials:

Jon Corippo Mariposa County Unified Central California

Apple Distinguished Educator

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The previous examples were

DIGITAL STORYTELLING

Bill Frakes

Let’s move to:

Cinematic Narrative

Advanced Titles

Layers, PIP and Cropping

Green Screen and Supplies

Title Tricks: iMovie 10.0.3

How many title modifications are there in this screenshot?

Open “Titles”

Be Able To Place Titles Anywhere

(almost)

Pick Style: Upper

Pick Style: Upper

Custom Title Placement

Pick Style: UpperUse the TAB and Spacebar to move it around.

Pick Style: Upper Use the TAB and Spacebar to move it around.

Pick Style: Upper Click on Adjust

ANY size Font (Even 500)

Add/Remove Outlines

Super Custom Font Mix and Match Looks

Highlight what you want to work on

Custom Colors

Pick the magnifying

glass for exact color matching!

AVOID RED - pick CONTRASTING colors Go Big! (300 points)

Small is cinematic Use clean, bold fonts

Video Layers & Cropping

iMovie 10.0.3

Picture in

Picture

Side by

Side

Two video layers

Learn these: Video Layers and Cropping

Cutaways

THESE ARE NOT THE

Preferences YOU ARE

LOOKING FOR

Hitchcock on Cutaways:

Clip suggested by Jim Sill

One person talking = One storyline

Two storylines

Use Cutaways for more visual interest

Cutaway Options

Drag the Cutaway clip on top of the

main clip

Finished Cutaway

Bring the cutaway audio down to 0%

Reduce Audio

by Dragging

Or by clicking

Green/Blue Screen Side by Side Picture in Picture

Cutaways

Are all forms of….

You know them all

Cutaways

Once you know

A fine shot

Another fine shot

Combine them with Layers

Set the opacity as desired.... Cutaway Fade is a good option

Two layers of video

Stack the clips

Side by side

Visuals that support the narrative

Same as a Cutaway - Just select Side by Side

Side by Side Options

Slide animates the action

Picture in Picture

Cool Looks

PIP - before

PIP - after

Extra Tip: Put an effect on the background clip

Extra Tip: Grab the dots control fades

Extra Tip: Add borders or drop fades

People crop photos, but forget to crop their videos

Use the CROP tool to reframe the picure

Make a better picture AFTER you shoot

Original Cropped

Click here, grab the corners Rotate your video too

Cropping, Flipping

Video Layers & Cropping

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iMovie 10.0.3 !

Try them all. Just not all at once.

GREEN Screen iMovie 10.0.3

The video “holy land”: Chroma Key or Green Screen

What you need (minimum):

Green fabric - Amazon $30.50 Extra Light! Home Depot $99

Sony VC-R640 $30

Make sure your Advanced Tools

Preferences are ON

iMovie 11 adds BLUE screen. Why? It’s just another option

No need to do this in iMovie 10.0.3

It’s not this hard!!

The Process:

1. Get your background (still or video or B roll)

2. Shoot the green screen footage with reference to the background (i.e. right, left or center)

3. Upload as normal

4. The tricky part: Put the BACKGROUND IN FIRST! It WILL fail if you do it the other way.

5. Clean it up, watch for artifacts and adjust exposure/contrast

Doing it backwards: If you put green first

NOT what you want

RULE: BACKGROUND THEN GREENSCREEN

Insert the background FIRST

Insert the overlay clip! Pick Green Screen

When it’s RIGHT!

To clean up your green screen

Last Tips

If your camera has autofocus, turn it off

USE A TRIPOD

Don’t move the camera

The background won’t move....so the camera shouldn’t

It ruins the fantasy

The camera will “hunt” to focus

In general, closer is better

Go green screen!

Advanced iMovie

Techniques

BONUS: Check out Color Matching

This is a SUPER way to balance color between cameras or shots