Broadcast: Before and After Screenshots of Production

Throughout the production and editing process I took screenshots of how I used the Software (iMovie on Apple Macbook).

This is a screenshot showing the clips before I edited them to form the final productions:

As it can be seen, the clips are not linked together or have any music, text or transitions. The larger screen is where I can view the progress of my broadcast product as I edit it, allowing for me to notice errors and make improvements. I created a new 'project' for each broadcast production.

I began the editing process by 'dragging' the material which I required to be in the first TV Spot in an orderly fashion to the 'timeline' below the imported clips. This screenshot shows the beginning of me ordering the clips for my first broadcast production. I simply just dragged the material from the 'clip bank' (seen above) to the bottom timeline.

After I had ordered the clips, I began to crop them in order to get rid of any unwanted dialogue or filming. To do this I positioned the yellow bar around the parts of the clip which I wanted to keep. The process is shown below for one of the clips:

The clip then trimmed down to the material which I wanted to be shown in the broadcast production (an example of how the media is a representation of life).

After I had done this for each clip, I began to add transitions. This is done by clicking on the transitions tab, and dragging the preferred transition in between two clips. The transition tab pops up on the left hand side, allowing for easy dragging to the timeline. i experimented with the different transitions for each clip. I found that 'Cross Zoom' suited clips which were transitioning into a Close Up/ Medium Close Up, for the further away shots or ones in the same setting, I decided upon 'Cross Blur' which was the nearest to merging the clips together.

Rather like the 'Trimming' of the clips, I could do the same for transitions and change the duration:

I was also able to change the precision of the clips and the transitions, using the 'Precision Editor'. This allowed me to alter the positioning of the transition alongside the clips:

After editing the clips together, I added the audio to the 'timeline'. This was simple as I was only required to select the audio which I wanted and then drag it from the audio tab (on the left) to the timeline itself (on the right). The screenshot shows how I applied the background music to the production (for background music I dragged the track over the whole of the timeline in order to apply it to all of the clips):

I changed the volume of the music in order for the clips to be heard. This window came up when I clicked on the edit button for the background music. I adjusted the slider to 10% volume from 100%.

For two of my productions, I had included non-diegetic audio: The process is shown below:

1. I first had to convert the .amr file to .mp3 because Itunes would not support the .amr format. I did this by downloading a converter which instantly converted the files. After, I dragged the media.mp3 file (on the right) from 'My Documents' to Itunes (on the left):

2. This then allowed me to access the audio through itunes on iMovie

3. I dragged the audio from the tab onto the clip which I wanted the audio to play over

4. However I needed to edit the audio clip by cropping the length, in order to extract the audio which I desired to be featured in the clip. The cropping is shown below. The audio now fits within the time of the clip.

 I applied the same method of adding audio to the sequence for each other non-diegetic audio which I had drafted in my storyboards.

In order to direct the audience to which institution the programme is broadcast by and when the new programme will start I created a short 'information clip' to put at the end of the sequence. The process is shown in the screenshots below:

1. I clicked on the 'Text' tab in order to choose from a selection of title positioning

2. I chose the 'Upper' option, which opened a window with colour options. However as I am using an image as the background, the colour did not matter.

3. The text and font change option was then displayed on the movie viewer, from which I could alter the text and font colour, style and size.

4. I entered the text and altered the fonts. I chose purple as the font colour because it is a colour often used by the Channel 4 institution, thus tying in with their house style. Also I chose a basic, but slightly 'funky' font in order for the information to be relayed simply but, at the same time, have a unique edge to it- fitting in with the craft hobby of the target audience.

5. After this, I clicked 'Done' and added the image from my files. This was done by dragging the image onto the clip

6. I was then presented with these options, and I selected 'Replace' in order to make the whole clip background the image.

7. This is the resulting timeline (I added a transition at the end of the last clip in order to gradually fade out the sequence, rather than being an abrupt finish)

8. This is the resulting 'information clip:

I decided to use the same ending transition and 'information clip' in all of the sequence productions in order to show that each separate TV Spot is part of one programme.

I used the same sequence of editing for each of my four productions. This allowed me to ensure that I had included all which I intended to, and address the editing in an orderly, precise manner.