iMovie Skills. 12/10/10

  Previously, I've only used Windows Movie Maker to edit movies. However, in the first few weeks of AS Media I've learnt how to use iMovie. I learnt how to import clips I've filmed on a video camera, and how to do continuity editing. As I mentioned in the post about filming 'The Breakfast Club', I think this is the most important part of editing a scene of a film. I learnt how to edit using Match on Action whilst doing the Preliminary task, where me and a partner had to make sure the filming and editing of someone walking through a door made sense. We found it quite difficult to try and get the door in approximately the same place on the screen each time - as during filming we had to have a shot from either side of the door whilst the actor was walking through it. We didn't manage to get it exact, but by using one of the tools on iMovie, me and my partner managed to get it quite close. So far in the course I've also learnt how to give a movie I've made credits and a title and how to crop and cut down clips of film.

  During the rest of the course I think I should concentrate on learning how to edit and film continuously so any film clips I make make complete sense and have no gaps. However, this does half rely on the standard of filming as well as editing and iMovie skills.