My household knows that I like to create movies, so it was no surprise when my sister sent me a 2 1/4 hour video of a current event she took part in and asked me to create a much shorter video she could share on social media.
To do it right, I ‘d watch the 2 1/4 hour video several times, marking her scenes and making notes. Then I ‘d see her scenes numerous times and cull out the best moments. Ultimately I ‘d assemble the very best parts of the very best scenes and add shifts and titles and conserve a rough cut.
I ‘d love to do that (and I probably will someday), but it means discovering a number of days for modifying and polishing. I do not have time for that now, so I relied on iMovie’s best-kept trick, Trailers, and produced a short, super-professional-looking film trailer in less than 2 hours.
She liked it and it could not have been much easier. If you’ve never tried making a Trailer with iMovie, here’s a quick lesson:
Launch iMovie and select New Trailer in the File menu (shortcut: Command+ Shift+ N). The Create a Trailer screen appears with dozens of design templates such as Action, Adventure, Bollywood, Legendary Drama, Documentary, and more. Click the triangular “Play/Pause” button to sneak peek a template, then choose the one you choose and click the Create button.
The top half of the Trailer window shows your media top-left and a viewer/editor/previewer top-right. Listed below that are three tabs– Overview, Storyboard, and Shot List– utilized to tailor the design template.
The Overview tab is text-only and lets you include a movie title, studio, logo design and add names to the credits.
The Storyboard tab shows proxy images with a suggested shot type for that clip– Closeup, Action, Group, Wide, Medium and so on. It’s also where you can modify the on-screen text (or not– some templates work well even if you do not alter a word).
Lastly, the Shot List tab displays proxy images, too, but this time without text and with the proxies organized by shot type and number required (such as Action – 3 clips; Closeup – 6 clips) for your benefit.
When you’ve changed all proxies with clips of your own, and you’ve modified onscreen text (if needed), click the Play button under the audience panel to preview your trailer. Fine-tune, preview and repeat. When you’re pleased, choose Share to export your masterpiece to a file, an email, YouTube or Facebook.
I enjoy iMovie Trailers and have actually made at least a lots over the years, and everybody enjoys them. Give it a try– it is easy and the outcomes are normally awesome.
I have one final idea: Master the “Ken Burns result” (look it up in iMovie Help) if you want your trailers to look even slicker and more expert.
Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus has actually composed more than 90 books, including macOS Monterey for Dummies and iPhone For Dummies.