IMovie

* iPhone/iPad
* Mac

## About

**iMovie** is a free video editing software created by Apple Inc. in October 1999, the software is only compatible with Apple Products: iPhone, iPad and Mac. It includes a wide range of video and audio effects such as: colour correction, image stabilisation, video filters, background soundtracks, sound effects, focus adjustment and much more. It is designed to be a simple video editor for beginners with little to no editing experience. iMovie also supports 4K video quality.

## Features

### Audio / SFX

iMovie has copyright-free soundtracks and sound effects, meaning editors are free to use these without receiving a copyright strike on their account. Some of these soundtracks can be many minutes long and sync perfectly to the end of a video, adjusting its track to an end. For example, if a soundtrack is 3 minutes long but the video is only 2 minutes long, the audio will adjust to fit this. iMovie also allows editors to fade their soundtracks in or out.

### Movie / Storyboard / Magic Movie Option

When creating a new project in iMovie, editors will be presented with three options: Movie, Storyboard or Magic Movie - each one of these has it’s own functionality and they all work very differently.

#### Movie

Movie is the option for creating general videos from scratch, editors can add their own clips and effects, they may want to add a funky filter or an eye-catching transition. The possibilities are endless.

#### Storyboard

Storyboard is a video option that generates a step-by-step video for the editor based off of numerous templates. It gives the user a breakdown of their video and what it should include for each shot. There are 20 unique storyboard templates to choose from to enhance editor’s videos. Additionally, there is also a trailer option with 14 different trailers, Trailers also function identically to the storyboards with a pre-made template and instructions on what to do.

#### Magic Movie

Magic Movie allows editors to select their chosen clips and then it automatically produces a video for them, including a backing track and some specific transitions,

## Use In Lego Life

iMovie has been used various Lego Life projects and was used to create every Lego Life: Season 1 episode and every Lego Life: Season 1 trailer. All 13 episodes from Lego Life: Season 1 feature iMovie sound effects and backing tracks - these can be heard in the episodes. Harley Smith was the first and only editor in Lego Life to use iMovie. Upon release of Lego Life: Season 2, it is known that CapCut is now being used rather than iMovie.

iMovie has been used to create the following Lego Life projects.

* Season 1, Episode 1: Alyx’s Crash
* Season 1, Episode 2: Racers Death
* Season 1, Episode 3: Alyx Returns
* Season 1, Episode 4: Christmas Link-up
* Season 1, Episode 5: Friends & Foes
* Season 1, Episode 6: It’s Christmas!
* Season 1, Episode 7: Betrayal
* Season 1, Episode 8: The Setup
* Season 1, Episode 9: I need you
* Season 1, Episode 10: We’re Rich Again…
* Season 1, Episode 11: Gimme The Gold!
* Season 1, Episode 12: 2020 Starts Now!
* Season 1, Episode 13: Surprise Surprise!
* Christmas is coming...
* And a happy new year!…
* 2020 Christmas Message

## Other Websites

iMovie has its own page on various other wiki’s and even Apple’s website itself, these contain much more detail. Click the links below to see these.

* Apple.co.uk: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/imovie
* Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMovie
* Apple Wiki: https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/IMovie?so=search