Here are some of the specifications of Final Cut Express 4 gives you:
• Ability to import iMovie '08 projects
• Editing of AVCHD, HDV and DV — NTSC and PAL — in a single Timeline
• AVCHD support (Intel-based Mac computers only)
• Support for FxPlug third-party plug-ins
IMovie
IMovie is very simple to use as it only does a limited ammount of tasks but this was perfect for the early editing stages of the teaser trailer such as deciding which clips we should put where, and which clips we should delete. We also added a greyscale lense to the beginning of our short trailer as it helps show the clip is a past event. After we had done these basic editing tasks we moved the partially edited trailer onto final cut for the more advanced tasks and to apply the music.
Final Cut Express 4
For the more advanced and final stages of the editing we used final cut express, This is a much better piece of editing software and is even used in hollywood by directors such as Francis Ford Coppola. This software has two different screens to edit with but does require you to know what you are doing to even get started. We did a morning course on Final Cut so we would know some of the basics and we also have a media technition who helped us out if we got stuck.
Garage Band
To create a soundtrack for our media product we could use garage band 3 which is installed on the mac computers at school. This again is quite a basic level of software ideal for a short soundtrack needed for a teaser trailer.
Another option we are going to use also is the use of some copyright free sounds
Here are the links to the main sit and two avilable packages.
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