Lesson 7. Shooting and Importing: Movie-Making Basics

Lesson Files	No additional files
Time	This lesson takes approximately 45 minutes to complete.
Goals	Learn what kinds of events you can shoot for the best effect Get the best coverage in any shooting scenario Prepare for an efficient and productive editing session following your shoot Understand the many ways to import and capture video footage

Once you’ve seen how shooting and editing are related, you’ll understand why you’ll want to add different kinds of shots to round out your videos. There are also some shooting tricks you’ll learn in this lesson that will help you get particularly cool results in iMovie. Not special effects, mind you—just simple concepts for gathering footage that will give your videos a more sophisticated style.