iMovie- Software used to create my music video

iMovie- Software I used to create my music video

The software I used to create and edit my music video was iMovie. I found that this software was easy to use and it had everything I needed such as transitions and the option to add text. Having a Mac at home aloud me to use iMovie before which make me feel confident using the software, moreover in AS media we used iMove to create out thriller openings. There were a range of techniques to use on iMovie, some of them being, cutting, cropping, transitions, photo's, adding sound, video adjustments, audio adjustments, cropping and rotation, changing things like brightness, exposure, contrast and saturation, video effect and there are lots more. Below I will talk through the technique's I have used. 

Creating a project

This is the project gallery, where the different projects are kept, so here I've kept my first, second and final draft and this was easier and it helped me not get mixed up with my other drafts. To create a new project you select 'File' and 'new project'. 

There is then an event library where you import all of your clips in you may use for the music video. 

To import a clip there is a tool on the side of the screen which looks like a cam recorder to indicate this is where you get the footage from. 

Adding music

Adding music on iMovie was very simple. All you had to do was to selected the music option on the side of the screen then drag it into the project you wanted to fill the music with. The the music will play with the clips.


Selecting a clip & Editing tools. 

To select a clip for my music video i had a folder with all of my footage in so that it doesn't get lost or mixed up with everyone else. To put the clip into the project I had to drag it into the project folder. The to edit the clip a little settings tool is on the side of the clip. Different options come up such as video adjustments, clip adjustments and audio adjustments. 

The video adjustment lets you edit the presentation of the picture, so the brightness, exposure, contracts, satureation, and also the white point allows you to adjust the white point on part of a picture. The Audio adjustments lets you control the volume of the clip of even take all the volume off. The option of ducking, lets the volume to reduce of the other tracks been played. The fade in and fade out, makes the start and the end of the music, and again it allows a manual which lets you choose it by yourself, or automatically. 

Trimming the clip

This is the most useful tool when it comes to lip syncing. The trimming tool allows you to trim the part away that you don't want of the clip. It is located on the 'Windows' tool bar. Then a little window appears where the selected clip appears with a yellow boarder. This is easy to see clearly which part you will be editing. After you select the part you want you press done and it trims the clip for you.