How-To Guides:
Digital Moviemaking with iMovie
Part 1: Tips for Movie Making

For Macintosh Users

Part 1: Tips for Movie Making

 

1. Tips for Movie Making

Planning: Draw out / write a storyboard for your movie. This means planning for each scene:
  1. the approximate duration / length of the scene
  2. location
  3. characters
  4. character dialog
  5. needed props
  6. narration to be overlayed on the video later

Shooting the Video

  1. Keep the background simple if people will be talking.
  2. Remove all background noise if possible.
  3. FRAME the shot first before recording.
  4. Avoid filming quick movements (especially important if the movie will later be compressed for viewing on the web or CD-ROMO)
  5. Pan and zoom the camera slowly: avoid abrupt movements of the camera.
  6. Refer to the storyboard: to keep the length to the planned duration, as well as the other planned items.
  7. If using 'native sound' (not overlayed narration), talk into the camera to provide information about footage being recorded.

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