Problems I Have Encountered And Overcome

In order to film my music video for 'Heartbreak Beautiful' I had to be sure that I was able to use split screen at the editing stage, otherwise the idea would not work and footage would be useless. After finding out from my teachers that there was no way to use split screen on our editing software (iMovie) I tried to resolve this problem by seeing if I could use functions such as 'picture in picture'. However, this proves unsuccessful as without being able to resize the original video I could not get two videos to run alongside each other simultaneously. I tried filming the original video portrait instead of landscape so that it would not need to be resized, but again this did not work as the video was unable to be rotated so it was the right way up. The only other option I could think of to salvage this idea was to try and acquire another kind of editing software such as Final Cut Pro which has a split screen function, however this was something I was unable to do as it is very expensive and would also be a steep learning curve for me in the limited time I have.

After speaking to my teachers about this problem they suggested I either come up with another idea for the song which does not involve split screen or use my idea for 'Innocent'. Whilst trying to think of ideas for 'Heartbreak Beautiful' this is what I came up with:

• Playing one video after the other instead of using split screen, however this may confuse the audience.
• Showing the character have a dream life where everything goes right, with the final scene showing that actually her life is the complete opposite (such as her dream life if her living in a nice house with a car and a job, when in reality she is living on the streets).

Although these ideas would both work, I was still very set on my original idea and further investigated a way around my problem. I received and email from Apple which informed me that a new version of iLife had just come out, which included the new iMovie 11. I inquired as to whether this new software update allowed people to do split screen:

As I already have iMovie 09 I would be able to upgrade to iMovie 11, giving me a way around my problem and allowing me to do my original idea - meaning I will be able to plan my shooting schedule and start filming as soon as possible.