Cutting it Up

So yesterday we learned from a fellow classmate how to transfer videos from YouTube to iMovie for  the project. For our film pitch project (see earlier post) we pitched our movie idea to Blumhouse Production Company. Because of that, we wanted to have the Blumhouse opening/logo in the beginning of our film. So the big project was getting the video converted to the project. We had to copy the link of the video to a YouTube converter, and convert it to an Mp4, then download in to the computer. That is the basic shortened version of what we did, and we are going to give credit to Blumhouse in the title sequence. The purpose of doing this is to make the opening more authentic seeming, because it will be just like a big-time movie opening. In addition, the Blumhouse opening is horror-themed, so it helps to set the mood for our project-- see below.

This skill will also be beneficial to use when we have to get music onto our iMovie from YouTube. Although the actual sound effects we have will be original, we need the music for the background sound for the entirety of the introduction. This music, like the logo, will help to set a mood/tone for the project. We spent a lot of the class period yesterday browsing through possible soundtracks on YouTube, and only found two so far that are possibilities. That is something that we will be focusing on a lot more over spring break.