split screen research

So as planned in our story board were going to attempt to do a split screen either in Imovie or final cut pro. Split screens look very effective and make the video look dynamic and professional. However firstly we need to find out how to do it. Below are two videos, one from imovie and one from final cut pro which we could potentially use either.

Imovie turorial:



I think were going to go with Imovie to do our split screens as it is alot simpler and we are familiar we the software. we have already started to make the split screens which I will upload on my blog on the next post.


Final cut tutorial:



I found this video very tricky to understand. Whilst trying to do the split screens we didn't even know how to add the events over from imovie. This is quite a tricky software to use as i'm so used to Imovie, however it is good for precise editing.


Here is a video of: De Staat - The Fantastic Journey Of The Underground Man



This is a fantastic video for split screens. This is a very advanced video and very inspirational. I was fascinated when I first watched it!

Below is a comment from one of the producers:

Fun and tricky is-it-or-isn't-it video by Andre Maat for Holland's De Staat. Maat says: "It seems to be a classic split-screen performance music video but then turns out to be visual trickery. We shot all effects in-camera, playing with the set-design, perspectives and colours. All 'splits' are made from wood, zippers, gaffa tape, etc." Good stuff.