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3. PROJECTS & WAYS TO USE IN THE
CLASSROOM
IOS APPS & TOOLS FOR VIDEO CURRICULUM
INTRO TO MOVIE MAKING ON IOS
DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3

4. GO AHEAD…TAKE A
SHOT

5. HOW TO SHOOT
BETTER VIDEO ON
YOUR IPAD goo.gl/u1rMTw

6. STEP 1
Step 1. This is optional, but much of your video will probably be on your iPhone rather than iPad. You can run
iMovie on an iPhone, but it’s much nicer on an iPad’s bigger screen. To transfer videos between devices, simply
use AirDrop. If your devices don’t support it, you can use a third-party app such as Simple File transfer from the
App Store, or transfer the videos via iTunes. Oh yes…..There is also Google Drive :-)
Get Your Video

7. SEND ANYWHERE
(FILE TRANSFER)
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INSTASHARE AIR
DROP
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8. YOU HAVE THIS!

9. STEP 2Step 2. Launch iMovie and tap the + button to create a new project. You can
choose between a Movie and a Trailer. Trailers are fun, but we’ll focus on Movie
mode here. Tap Movie and then choose a theme. You can tap the play button to
watch a preview of each style.
Creating New Project
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10. STEP 3
The Editing Layout
Step 3. You can change the theme
later, so don’t worry too much.
Choose one and tap Create Movie
in the top-right corner. You’ll see
the editing screen, with your
videos to the right, a preview
monitor on the left and, running
across the bottom, the timeline,
which is currently blank.

11. STEP 4
Arranging Video Clips
Step 4. Tap on a video and it
will be highlighted in yellow.
You can drag the left- and
right-hand edges to trim the
clip before you add it to the
timeline, or you can add the
whole clip (by tapping the
downward arrow) and trim it
later.

12. STEP 5
Step 5. You can zoom in and out on the timeline by dragging two fingers apart
along the timeline, very helpful when making precise edits. For now, tap on the
video clip to select it, and you’ll see some options appear at the bottom.
Precise Edits on Clips
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13. STEP 6
Step 6. Tap audio and you can adjust the clip’s volume. It’s useful to see the audio
track, so make sure this is visible by tapping the squiggly line next to the undo
arrow at the top-right of the timeline. Importantly, there’s also a Detach option,
which we’ll use later.
Adjusting the Audio on Clips
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14. STEP 7
Playback
Step 7. Tap the play button at the
top of the timeline to play your
movie. You can scrub through the
clip by swiping left or right on the
timeline. The white vertical line is
the playback marker. Make sure
the line is in the right-hand half of
the clip before adding another
video to the timeline.

15. STEP 8
Transitions
Step 8. Add another video to the
timeline by repeating step 4 and
you’ll see the transition icon between
the clips. Tap it and the options
appear at the bottom. The default is
dissolve, but the others, left to right,
are straight cut, theme special, slide,
wipe and dip-to-black (or white). The
latter three have additional options
when you select them.

16. STEP 9
Editing Transitions
Step 9. You can change a
transition’s duration by tapping
the ‘1.0s’ option at the bottom
right, and then choosing either
0.5s, 1.5s or 2.0s. Some
transitions have a sound effect,
which is muted by default. Tap
the speaker icon to toggle
sound on and off.

17. STEP 11
Detaching Audio
Step 11. We’ve added an
establishing shot of the hotel,
followed by a clip showing inside
the room. To give your video a
pro feel, you can make the audio
from the second clip play over the
establishing shot. Tap on the shot
inside the room, then on Audio,
then Detach. The clip’s audio is
shown in blue beneath it.

18. STEP 12
Editing Audio Part 1
Step 12. As with video clips, you can
tap and hold on an audio clip to
move it on the timeline. However, to
keep it in synch with your video,
don’t do this. Instead, select the
video to which it belongs and trim it
by dragging the left-hand yellow bar
to the right. The audio won’t be
trimmed, and will extend beneath
the previous clip – the establishing
shot.

19. STEP 14
Edit Audio Part 2
Step 14. To complete the edit, tap
on the transition between the two
clips and change it from dissolve
to a straight cut. Play the two clips
and you’ll see a seamless
transition between them, with the
continuous audio making it a lot
less jarring. It’s a technique used
in almost every TV show, and is
very effective.

20. STEP 15
Adding Theme Music
Step 15. You’ll want some
background music, so tap the
Audio button at the top-right
corner of the screen. You can
choose iMovie’s own music, or
any other music on your iPad.
Select a song and tap the
downward arrow to add it to
the timeline.

21. STEP 16
Adding Theme Music Pt2
Step 16. iMovie doesn’t allow
gaps, so it will insert the song
at the start of your movie. If
you don’t want that, or want to
have a gap between songs, just
trim the clip to the point where
you want music to start, and
use the slider at the bottom to
reduce the volume to 0%.

22. STEP 17
Adding Theme Music Pt3
Step 17. Now you can repeat step
15, adding the song again (or a
different song). There’s the same
Fade option to fade the song in
and out, and you can adjust the
volume. Note that iMovie will
automatically reduce the song’s
volume during a video clip that
has audio, but will otherwise play
at the volume you set.

23. STEP 18
Changing Themes
Step 18. Continue to add clips, and
perhaps a closing title similar to the
opening title in step 10. Tap on a grey
area of the timeline to deselect any
clips, then tap the cog icon at the
bottom right. This offers options to
fade your movie in from black and out
to black, as well as letting you change
the theme. Changing theme will
change all titles, special transitions
and even transition sound effects.

24. STEP 19
Final Touches & Saving
Step 19. When you’re finished editing,
tap the back-pointing arrow in the top-
left corner and you can tap on the title
to edit it. The play button lets you watch
the movie full-screen, and tapping the
clapper board takes you back into
editing mode. Tap the upward-pointing
arrow to share your creation. If you want
to have the movie in your Camera Roll,
tap Save video and then choose the
highest quality (usually 1080p).

25. THE DIRECTOR’S CUT

26. The undo button is hyper-prominent in iMovie,
both on the Mac and iOS. It’s shaped like a small
backwards arrow on the Mac, and a U-turn arrow
on iOS devices.
On iOS, the button appears right next to your
timeline, and is exceedingly useful at removing
whatever multi-touch mistake you may have
made. (My favorite: swiping up on a clip cuts it
and creates a freeze frame. Swiping down creates
a standard cut. Remembering which one is which
is a super-fun game.)
HELLO, UNDO BUTTON

27. On iOS, this is slightly more difficult, as you can’t
drag clips on top of each other (though you can
move them around in the timeline). But you can
still get picture-in-picture or overlay options for
clips—you just have to import them. On the iPad,
just select the clip you want and tap the ellipses
button, then choose the overlay icon, picture-in-
picture icon, or side-by-side icon. (On the iPhone
or iPod touch, you have to first tap the clips-and-
music icon to view your video library.)
Once that clip is imported, you can move it
anywhere on that second line—but there’s sadly
no way currently to drop it back into the main
timeline. Something for Apple to improve upon
in its next update, with any luck.
MULTI-LAYER EDITING EXISTS, AND IT’S EASY

28. TRAILERS
are wicked fun!
Making an iMovie trailer is more
fun than it really ought to be. It’s
one of those activities that starts
fun, wraps around to corny, then
pops right back to fun again. On
iOS, trailers are just as fun to
make as they were at launch,
though I find the interface
changes make them even better
to edit on an iPhone than before.

29. Your new one-stop
sharing station
Past versions of iMovie were great
for many things, but quickly sharing
clips was not one of them. The
export process in iMovie got easier
over the years, but it still involved
twisting and pulling a variety of
virtual knobs and levers to get a
video you were happy with. Video
section of the app offers easy
sharing, and you can even apply
speed modulation on the spot.

30. IMOVIE THEATER
a great gimmick!
When iMovie was announced, Apple
made a big show of its flashiest
feature: iMovie Theater. This allows
you to share a clip or final project
from any of your devices and have it
show up on any other Mac or iOS
device that has iMovie installed and
is linked to your Apple ID. Think of it
sort of like Photo Stream for your
edited videos.

31. QUICK CLIPS VIEW
easy clip viewing and
sharing
The dedicated Video mode displays
a row of filmstrip clips, with one clip
highlighted and presented as a large
video in the center. You can tap any
other filmstrip to make it large,
instantly slow down or speed up the
clip (on the iPhone, you’ll need to
switch to landscape mode for those
controls), and send it out to iMovie
Theater or another sharing option.

32. SLOW IT DOWN
Record slo-mo video
If your device supports 120fps
video, iMovie has an in-app
camera available that lets you
toggle between 1080p at 30fps
video and 720p at 120fps (or
60fps, if you’re on an older device
like an iPad mini or iPhone 5). It’s a
nice option for inserting clips into
trailers or other places in your
timeline, for sure.

33. PINCH-TO-CROP VIDEO
multi-touch gesture
Pinch to crop video. Tap on a
clip, and a magnifying glass
appears, tap the magnifying
glass to pinch and pan around
the clip until you have it
framed how you like.

34. TRANSFORMNew iMovie for iOS
transitions
If you were getting bored of
simple cross dissolves and
straight cuts, iMovie for iOS
now has a bunch of new
transition options, including
push, slide, and fade to white.
Push and slide are available
from the top, sides, or bottom,
giving you further flexibility.

35. HEAR THIS
Audio options galore
The first version of iMovie for iOS lacked
any sort of major audio adjustments
beyond setting a background track; this
version acknowledges that shortcoming
and adds a whole host of options,
including detaching audio, splitting
audio clips, changing the speed and
pitch, fading clips, duplicating them,
and sending them to the background.
Though working with audio can be a
little tricky on the iPhone, it’s still
surprisingly doable.

36. DROP ITProjects can be
transferred via AirDrop
AirDrop is the sole wireless
option for sending projects from
one iOS device to another, and it
works so perfectly that it almost
makes me mad there’s no way to
similarly send projects to the Mac.
I’m hoping this appears in a later
update, because such a feature
would be wonderfully useful.

37. TRANSITION
effects
This trick is so important because it allows your
video to have a smooth look when you
transition from one clip to another. The most
important thing is that you should not go
overboard with transitions because it will lower
the quality of your video. iMovie makes it easy
for users to add transition effects to videos, but
when doing it you have to make sure that a cut
from one clip to another is less distracting as
well as easier on the eye. By doing this, you are
able to make your videos look the way you
want them to. In addition to this, people
watching your video find it more interesting
and enjoyable.

38. FILTERS
Color correction
When it comes to making a video, color
correction is very important. Video filters
depends on the feel of your video and in
order for you to have a great video the
color of the video and the feel have to
match. This helps viewers see what you
are trying to convey. When you use iMovie
to add filters to your video, you are able
to take your videos to a new level they
become more professional. Simply, select
a clip, select the filter tool at the bottom
toolbar, and select your favorite filter.

39. STORYBOARDS
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40. FREE VIDEO CLIP
SITES
The Clip Archive
Videezy
Free HD Stock Footage
Stock Footage for Free
(free account required)
Videvo.net
Free Video Footage (free
account required)
xStockVideo (SOME higher
quality videos require
small fee)
ClipCanvas (free account
require)
Archive.org
Vidsplay
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41. PROJECTS & WAYS TO USE IN THE
CLASSROOM
IOS APPS & TOOLS FOR VIDEO CURRICULUM
INTRO TO MOVIE MAKING ON IOS
DAY 1
DAY 2
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42. THANK YOU!

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T EC H N O LO GY
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