Working with Video

Example Two: Advanced Techniques

Here you'll learn some more advanced techniques that will enable you to finesse you work a little more. The rough video created for this example uses footage from the U.S. Army Big Picture film, “Research and Development in the Arctic” as well as a drone shot from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Imagine that the below is just the opening of a longer video about the U.S. military in the Arctic with this particular portion being intended to “set the scene” and establish a tone. As you are watch, consider the concepts and techniques that have been discussed so far.


Here is the same video as seen in iMovie:

Video Commentary

The following explains some of the thinking behind the editing choices. 

Advanced Techniques:

Alternative Version

Just for fun and so you can see how much of an impact music has, here is the same video with a different song.


Credits
Videos: Big Picture: Research and Development in the Arctic, National Archives and Records Administration (circa 1957) CC0 1.0 Universal; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Flying Low over Southeast Greenland, (2013), Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)
Music: Minimal by Xylo-Ziko is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License, Shimmer by Krackatoa is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike

This page has paths:

This page references: