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LAB 3: CREATE.A.LINEAR.MOVIE:.PART.1:.Movie.Editing. Before you begin: Decide on a topic. The topic should specific enough to develop an idea, a theme or interest. The end product will be a 1‐3 minute long video that will have a specific beginning, middle and end. This video should not be a montage of different footage of the same thing, but rather a logical sequence of events. For instance: my topic is coffee. I find three source videos, one that shows a coffee plantation, one that shows the process of roasting coffee beans, and another that shows customers enjoying different kinds of coffee. Create MEDIA folder on your desktop. (Finder View: File>New Folder. Click on folder once, and type MEDIA). Download all source media. Browse YouTube or other downloadable videos and find at least three that reference a similar topic. Download each video as a Quicktime Movie.(m4v,.mov,.or.mp4). Drag all media into the MEDIA folder before you.begin. 1. Open iMovie. 2. Select project in project library. Click on the project browser to see the message below about adding video. Go to file: import movies. Select the movies you wish to import (bring downloaded movies to work with ‐‐‐ see

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LAB 3:  CREATE.A.LINEAR.MOVIE:.PART.1:.Movie.Editing.

Before you begin: 

Decide on a topic.  The topic should specific enough to develop an idea, a theme or interest.  The end product will be a 1‐3 minute long video that will have a specific beginning, middle and end.  This video should not be a montage of different footage of the same thing, but rather a logical sequence of events.  For instance: my topic is coffee.  I find three source videos, one that shows a coffee plantation, one that shows the process of roasting coffee beans, and another that shows customers enjoying different kinds of coffee. 

Create MEDIA folder on your desktop.  (Finder View: File>New Folder. Click on folder once, and type MEDIA).   

Download all source media.  Browse YouTube or other downloadable videos and find at least three that reference a similar topic.  Download each video as a Quicktime Movie.(m4v,.mov,.or.mp4).  

Drag all media into the MEDIA folder before you.begin. 

1. Open iMovie. 

 2. Select project in project library. Click on the project browser to see the 

message below about adding video. Go to file: import movies. Select the movies you wish to import (bring downloaded movies to work with ‐‐‐ see 

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NOTES: YouTube conversions). 

 3. Once the movies are imported, you can begin to select which part of the 

movie will be added to your project. Audition clips using the new skimming tool in the event browser. Highlight sections and drag to project. 

EVENT BROWSER with playback head at the beginning of the clip. 

 4. SKIMMING by running mouse over a section / Drag mouse to extend the 

selection boundary. This section has two handles at the beginning and end. Drag area to project browser. 

 

5. BLANK PROJECT BROWSER  

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 6. Sections of your project that are used will have an 

orange marker in the event browser. 

 7. Edit Project Browser clips as needed. 

 SPLIT or TRIM a selection. 

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 8. ADD transitions, titles, and audio.   See the clip below with transition applied. 

 

 

 

      

 A panel of choices will open for Title or Transition choices  

9. When you apply a transition or title, you can view it in the window viewer. 

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10. Save your publication...A).Export.work.in.progress.usingShare>Export.using.Quicktime>.Movie.to.iPhone.(not.cellular).-.this.creates.an.m4v.file..

 

To save your changes, QUIT the program. Then go to your home folder and Movies. .This.process.generates.a.back-up.raw.file.for.use.on.other.computers.

 

Then DRAG the iMovie Events and iMovie Projects to your back‐up drive. This is your SAVED COPY.  Do not change the name of your iMovie Events and iMovie Projects folders.  Drag both folders to back‐up source.  Restore your iMovie project by dragging both folders back to your Home>Movies. Open 

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project from within the iMovie Projects folder.

 

IMPORTANT: REVIEW SAVING FILES IN LAB MANUAL TO RESTORE YOUR PROJECT.  SAVING FILES IN iMOVIE ONLY WORKS WITH THE QUIT BUTTON. If you did NOT QUIT, then you didn’t save your movie! 

 

ADVANCED FEATURES:  to access cutaways, picture in a picture, and other functions, go to iMovie: PREFERENCES and select Show Advanced Tools.   

 

THIS LAB IS PART OF A SERIES..WITH.CHECKPOINTS.   

1. Movie Editing 2. Soundtrack Creation 3. Sound Logo