The document provides instructions for using iMovie to create a basic 30 second movie about yourself that includes at least 3 titles, 2 transitions, a music track, and one special effect. It outlines the steps to import footage, add clips and adjust clips, add titles and transitions between clips, add background music, and share the finished movie. The instructions emphasize project organization, using iMovie features like effects and adjustments, and exporting the final video at an appropriate size.

1. iMovie
Basic Features of the Quick Edit
Making a Movie about Me

2. Make a Movie about Yourself
30 seconds at least
Must have 3 titles
Must have 2 or more transitions
Music track
at least One Special effect
*** we would expect veteran Mustangs to go WAY outside the box :)

3. Start iMovie
Quit all your other programs! Movies take processing power!
Learn to NAME your PROJECTS and EVENTS.
Use the camera icon to import from camera or use iSight camera.

4. Create some footage
Use your iSight camera to shoot 3 scenes.
Make sure each one is 10 Seconds long.
One close up of yourself, one mid shot, one wide shot. You can take
more shots but you need at least 3 different ones.
Close Up(CU) Mid Shot(MS) Wide Shot(WS)

5. Add clips to timeline project.
Grab the middle 7-8
seconds of each clip
using the yellow
handles.
Drag clip to timeline
OR hit ‘e’ on your
keyboard.

6. Know your shortcut buttons
Titles
Music/Sound effects on the far right of the
middle bar in iMovie
iPhoto Pictures Transitions
Cool feature: iMovie Maps, Backgrounds, Animatics
Auto Saves!

7. Add a transition between your Clips
just drag transition between clips

8. Add Titles
Add one Beginning title
on a background that
says: This is (name)...
example: This is Henry...
Add another title over the 2nd Clip By Dragging the Title on the clip
Add something you like.
examples: He likes football.
He plays music.

9. Add Some Music
2 Ways to add audio:
Drag over a clip and see red line
to add second audio
track. Good for multiple songs.
Longer projects.

10. Background Music Track
Drag music to grey area
and track is a
background track
if the track is long enough iMovie will cut it to
the length of your project.

11. The magic of the GEARS...
Roll over a clip
then click on the GEAR icon
This brings up cool choices
Clips Adjustments lets you do Special effects and speed changes.
Add a new clip and put a special effect on it.

12. The icons tell the story...
these little icons tell you
that this clip has ADJUSTMENTS
and EFFECTS added.
in this case it has the ROMANTIC
video effect
and has been SLOWED down.

13. Other things to try...
Always add a FADE to BLACK at
the end.
Add a Travel Map.
Use the Inspector to REVERSE a clip.
Do a Voice Over.

14. Share Your Movie
Use the SHARE command at top
then choose Export Movie...
PAY attention to WHE
RE it goes
and what it is named!
For a short movie
MEDIUM
will fit in an email
Prizes??? email Mr. Corippo and Mr. Niehoff your movie!

15. imovie fun
the end:)
MediaGeeks send yours to Mr. Wilson