Editing the style of my clip........

  To give my movie a style that stands out, i'm using iMovie 11 to edit the colour, tone, exposure and contrast of my clip. This is how I do it..

Firstly I open up a selected clip I want to style, drag it into 'project library' then double click, then 'Inspector' appears, after clicking 'video' The styling tools appear.

To make the clip as clear and sharp as possible, this is how I decided to adjust the levels.

After experimenting with 'white point' having red and green tones, I decided green fitted the ambient tone better.

Final style.

Copyright issues

Copyright is a legal concept, it helps the creator of an original work piece have exclusive rights to it.
Our 'OTS' will have to include sound that we've made using a programme for example 'Sibelius' or we could use 'foleying' to enhance the quality of the sound. Copyright can be seen as both good and bad, the negative side is it will take more time and effort to create these sounds rather than finding a clip out of a wide variety online.
I should only use a work that's been protected by copyright with the copyright owner's permission.
However, Copyright does not protect ideas for a work. It is only when the work itself is fixed, for example in writing, that copyright automatically protects it. This means that you do not have to apply for copyright.
More about copyright: http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/copy.htm