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iMovie 11 Movie Trailers

critic81

critic81

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Oct 6, 2008
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So I installed the new iLife yesterday and i got to tell you, the iMovie movie trailers are pretty damn cool. It really lets you show off and create some memories. I mean after importing the videos, the trailer i created only took me like half hour, and it took me that long because i had a lot of movies to go through to pick out the appropriate clips.

The one thing that bothered me a little is that on import of the movies, the face detection was not done. You have to kick that off afterwards. Also that takes a while, understandably. Either way it's pretty cool.

Here is my video that I created. I recently got married and we took our honeymoon in Europe. It was awesome!

http://youtu.be/30-QPPMPNkk?hd=1
 
Very well done! Great looking couple! Congratulations! (on your marriage and honeymoon ... not as much for iMovie!) :D
 
GGJstudios said:
Very well done! Great looking couple! Congratulations! (on your marriage and honeymoon ... not as much for iMovie!) :D
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Thanks GGJ! The honeymoon was amazing. Paris, a castle in the country side Chateau de Challain, and then Marbella Spain. It was amazing. We didn't want to come home.
 
I agree. I really like the trailer templates. I hope they release more for download/purchase. Or third parties can create these templates/storyboard.

they are quick and easy to use. Plus, they are a good reminder of what kind of shots to use (wide, medium, close-up) and how to make the shots flow from one another and what type of transitions/cuts to use.
 
Ok, I officially want iMovie now. I was excited about it while looking online, but "real user" experiences make me want this more. Excuse me, while I sneak out of work...
 
Cast members

I also installed iMovie 11 but the problem is that every time I want to create a trailer the cast is fixed on 1.
How can I change or add cast members?
Does anybody know about this?
 
here is one I did from some footage from my deployment last year. The software is pretty cool. I going to have to play with it more to figure out how to utilize all the features though.

edit: oops wrong link...i forgot i haven't uploaded it to youtube yet..
 
Awesome trailers!

Just got iMovie 11 today. I can't to play with the trailers feature.
 
Good work guys!

Here's my trailer, about the trip to Corfu Island we just came back from. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Nv6AM3bJ9I

I did this trailer in 20 minutes, iMovie 11 is EPIC!

The underwater shots are filmed with the GoPro HD, a nifty little camera..

I think with imovie 11 and the gopro i found a combo that works great!

Simon
 
simonswiss said:
Here's my trailer, about the trip to Corfu Island we just came back from. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Nv6AM3bJ9I

I did this trailer in 20 minutes, iMovie 11 is EPIC!

The underwater shots are filmed with the GoPro HD, a nifty little camera..

I think with imovie 11 and the gopro i found a combo that works great!

Simon
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I have been thinking about the GoPro. How have you liked it. Sorry I don't have a trailer to post.
 
Original poster, congrats on the wedding, good luck to you both!

I knew there would be a thread on this so here is mine to share.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPVmZL8wu5U

And if you like the above one, you will enjoy this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwmmL0Z4eqA

I spent about 10mins on each one, as you can probably tell, but the fact remains in 10 mins you can create something pretty "doggone" cool and neat in a short period of time. I hope Apple releases more themes or makes themes downloadable on the App Store that will be coming up for Mac next year.
 
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Nice job yall. Some of these are really good. The honeymoon one and the Corfu one are really good. I think the imovie trailers are very koo indeed, but I still don't like how limiting imovie is. I also don't like the credits at the end of the trailers. Sooooo I created basically a template in imovie and edited it in Final Cut. Of course I HAD to change the cheesy music too. If you watch in HD it looks better.

Here's my final product. The photos aren't the best and a few of the shots can be color corrected, but we needed to get something posted for people. Here's the link to mine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwKUlxPtEuw
 
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