Fill storyboard placeholders in iMovie on iPhone
When you create a storyboard project in iMovie, the storyboard you choose includes a shot list with placeholders of clip groups to guide you in choosing which video clips or photos to add. You can add video clips and photos from your library or record new video or photos directly into placeholders. After you add a video clip or photo to a placeholder, you can use the iMovie editing tools to edit the clip, just as you can in a Magic Movie or movie project.
Add a video clip or photo from your library to a placeholder
In the iMovie app
on your iPhone, open a storyboard project.Tap a placeholder in the shot list.
Tap the Add button
in the top-left corner of the placeholder thumbnail, then tap Choose From Library.Tap Photos to choose a video clip or photo from your Camera Roll, or tap Albums to choose a video clip or photo from an album in your Photos library.
Tap the video clip or photo you want to add to the placeholder.
Record video into a placeholder
In the iMovie app
on your iPhone, open a storyboard project.Tap a placeholder in the shot list.
Tap the Add button
in the top-left corner of the placeholder thumbnail, then tap Take Video or Photo.Tap Video.
Tap the Record button
to begin recording video; tap it again to stop recording.Tip: You can tap the resolution and frame rate in the upper right to change how the video is recorded. To turn on the automatic flash, tap the Flash button
in the upper left.Tap Use Video to add the video to the placeholder, or tap Retake to discard the previous take and record new video.
Recorded videos are stored in your Photos library.
Take a photo into a placeholder
In the iMovie app
on your iPhone, open a storyboard project.Tap a placeholder in the shot list.
Tap the Add button
in the top-left corner of the placeholder thumbnail, then tap Take Video or Photo.Tap Photo.
Tap the Shutter button
to take a photo.Tip: To turn on the automatic flash, tap the Flash button
in the upper left.Tap Use Photo to add the photo to the placeholder, or tap Retake to discard the previous photo and take a new photo.
Photos you take are stored in your Photos library.
Rename a placeholder clip
In the iMovie app
on your iPhone, open a storyboard project.Tap a placeholder in the shot list.
Do one of the following:
Tap the Add button
in the top-left corner of the placeholder thumbnail, then tap Rename Clip.Tap the Edit button
to the right of the placeholder clip, then tap Rename Clip.
The cursor appears to the right of the current clip name.
Type a new name for the clip using the onscreen keyboard, then tap Done.
Delete the media in a placeholder clip
In the iMovie app
on your iPhone, open a storyboard project.Tap the Edit button
to the right of the placeholder clip, then tap Delete Media.The video clip or photo is removed from the placeholder.
After you add a clip to a placeholder, the Add button in the top-left corner of the thumbnail no longer appears. To make changes to the clip, see Edit clips in Magic Movies and storyboard projects in iMovie on iPhone.