Editing my trailer part 1

As my film is an action film noir, I think that it is very important to have it in black and white, I feel that this creates a very desireable effect.

In previous years changing my film to black and white was a simple task of simply going to the top bar in iMovie, going to video effects and clicking "black and white".

However in iMovie 08' it is a slightly harder task, I used the internet to research a method to turn my film trailer into a classy black and white film noir master piece.

To turn any clip black and white, first I must select the clip and press "V". This brings up the adjust video panel.

This panel allows me to change the colour in my video clips.

By decreasing the saturation to its' very lowest point I take away all colour. However I must then increase the contrast so that my images are not "muddy" looking and are clear. Higher contrast makes dark images look darker and light images look lighter, which is perfect for a black and white effect.