Adding Audio to the Storyboard

Nothing adds emotional impact to a piece of video like music. Slow, romantic music makes the difference between a sad story and one that actually makes viewers cry. Fast, hard-driving music makes viewers’ hearts beat faster—scientists have proven it. Music is so integral to movies these days that, as you walk out of a theater, you may not even be aware that a movie had music, but virtually every movie does—and it emotionally manipulates the audience.

Home movies are no exception. Music adds a new dimension to your movie, so much so that some iMovie fans edit to music. They choose a song, lay it down in the audio track, and then cut the video footage to fit the beats, words, or sections of the music.