How to Create Awesome Movie Trailers on Your iPhone
Regardless of the genre, movie trailers provide exciting glimpses into the plot and twists of a story. But what clips should you use to maximize impact? When do you insert title cards? How do you ensure the music accompanies all the on-screen visuals correctly?
What appears to be a simple one to two-minute footage compilation is quite challenging to put together, but iMovie has you covered with its movie trailer templates. Here, we’ll look at how you can easily create a professional-looking movie trailer on your iPhone using iMovie.
How to Start a Movie Trailer Project in iMovie
iMovie is a native Apple app that comes pre-installed on the iPhone. After launching iMovie, tap theStart New Projectprompt.
Magic Movieis suitable if you want to have your iPhone automatically create a montage.Movieis for those who want to start everything from scratch whencombining videos on their iPhones. To access the movie trailer templates, we’ll chooseStoryboard.
Scroll to the bottom and tapTrailers. Next, choose a trailer template. The template styles are generally differentiated by genres, such asFairy Tale,Indie,Romance, andScary. In the below example, we picked theFamilytemplate. Then, tapCreateto start your movie trailer project.
How to Add Video Clips to Your Movie Trailer
After you create your video project, you can add video clips to your movie trailer. Tap theStoryboardtab. Here, you’ll see that the template has various empty boxes with labels indicating the clip type and length you should use.
To add a clip, tap on one of those boxes and choose a video from your iPhone. Tap theplus (+)icon to upload your video to the template.
To accurately specify the section of the clip you want to use, tap the box again. Drag along the video to your preferred section and tapDone. Within this movie trailer project, rest assured that changing the selected section of your video will not alter your original clip in any way.
Repeat these steps of adding and adjusting for every box until you have all the video clips needed for your movie trailer. Tap thePlayicon next to the Storyboard tab any time to periodically review what your movie trailer looks like.
How to Edit the Title Cards in Your Movie Trailer
The title cards may include the character names or very brief descriptions of the film’s plot or theme. The trailer template has the title cards filled in by default, but you could edit them easily to fit your story.
Tap one of the pale blue strips above your video clips to edit the text. Type the words you want and tapDone.
To edit other types of text, such as the logo style and the credits, you need to use theOutlinetab. Then, tap on each field to change the information.
How to Save and Share Your Movie Trailer From iMovie
Once you’ve added all the video clips and edited the text in your movie trailer, it’s essentially complete! To save your movie trailer, tapDoneat the top-left corner. Then, tap theShareicon, and chooseSave Video. Your movie trailer will be saved to the Photos app.
you may also share the video on social media or with family and friends by choosing the corresponding app in youriPhone’s Share Sheet.
Have Fun Creating Your Own Movie Trailers
With iMovie, you don’t have to worry about limited video editing experience. The app’s templates will help you create the impactful movie trailer you need. Even if you don’t intend to film an actual movie, it’s still fun to put together videos you have recorded of family, friends, or pets and turn them into an exciting movie trailer. Happy creating!
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