iMovie

Produce a pet video

Shoot and edit pet-themed clips into a slick sequence
Difficulty People love showing off their pets. Indeed, many pets have their own
YouTube channel where subscribers can enjoy their ongoing antics.
Time needed Pets tend not to respond well to direction during a shoot, but if you
film them doing something repetitive (such as chasing a ball) then you

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short slick video sequence.
To create a variety of clips for your pet project it’s best to use
multiple cameras. For our pet video walkthrough here we’ve used
an iPhone to capture stunning slow motion sequences, a harness-
mounted GoPro to provide a dog’s eye view of the world and a DSLR
camera for cinematic-looking shots with a shallow depth of field.
We’ll also plunder iMovie’s themed assets to give your pet project a
polished look.

Animals in action
Combine clips and assets to create a perfect pet project
Themes
You can add a Theme to
a project at any time (or
SloMo
change existing Themes)
Our pet project contains a range by clicking on the Settings
of clips sourced from a variety icon. This gives you
of devices. An iPhone’s SloMo access to the Change
mode provides an effective way Themes browser where
of showcasing a fast moving pet. you can add new themed
Slow motion also adds variety to transitions and titles to
your video. your pet project.

Icing on the cake

Themed titles help introduce your
pet (and other protagonists) to
their audience on social media.
Titles also help give a video a
more professional look.

Knowledge base
Pet shooting tips
To create the dog’s point of view POV shot
clip for our pet project we bought an
Mount a lightweight GoPro camera to your pet to
Aodoor Pet Harness from Amazon
capture unique POV (Point Of View) camera angles
for £10.99. Due to the spaniel’s small
that add texture and variety to your sequence.
size, the harness tended to slip
around her back as she ran, but with
persistence we were able to capture
a few seconds of fun footage to add
to our sequence.

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 After deleting some of a new Theme’s automatically added transitions use a
clip’s trim handle to restore any missing frames from its start and end points.

Step-by-step Shoot and edit your pet video

1 Import assets 2 Add clip to timeline 3 Match movement

Go to the Projects tab and click ‘Create New’ Select Shot01. Click the ‘+’ icon to add it to the Add Shots 02 and 03 to the timeline. Trim a
and choose ‘Movie’. Click the ‘Import Media’ timeline. This clip was captured on a DSLR. A few frames from the end of Shot 02 and from
icon. Browse to our project’s downloadable Pet wide aperture setting creates a shallow depth the start of Shot 03 to create a continuity of
Source Clips Folder. Click ‘Import Selected’. of field which blurs the background. movement for the little girl’s ball throw.

4 SloMo mode 5 Flip for continuity 6 Point Of View

Shot 03 was captured using an iPhone’s SloMo Add Shot 04. To make the pet run in the same Add Shot 05. This frenetic clip was captured on
mode, causing the action to start at normal direction as in the previous clip, click the Clip a GoPro mounted to our ball-chasing pet via a
speed, ramp down to slow motion and then filter icon above the viewer. Click ‘Clip Filter’ harness. This filming technique adds variety to
back to normal speed at the end. and choose ‘Flipped’. the project and gives us a fun POV scene.

7 Add last clip 8 Choose a Theme 9 Finishing touches

Add Shot 06 to the timeline to complete the Click ‘Settings’ at the bottom and then select Feel free to remove any transitions that don’t
story, as the dog returns the ball. Here we’re ‘No Theme’. In the Change Theme window work or are distracting. Double-click on a Title
back to a DSLR clip. The background blur click ‘Playful’ followed by ‘Change’. This bar to edit its contents. Add music from the
makes the pup and her pal stand out. automatically adds themed titles and transitions. Audio browser’s Jingles folder to link the clips.

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