This will help you determine when you should start recording your voice over. IMovie will do this really handy countdown where it plays the prior few seconds of your movie. This will display the Ready to Record prompt. Tap on the Microphone button in the bottom right corner. Don’t tap on the video clip but in a neutral area of the screen like right before the video clip.

Select the position you want to start your voice-over. Select the video clip you want to voice over and mute its audio by sliding the audio volume to the far left. So this week my big learning is don’t be afraid of recording voice-overs in iMovie because it’s awesomely simple. I had no idea how remarkably simple iMovie would make that task. I decided to just capture the video and images I wanted and then record my voice later. I tried it a few times and it sounded awful. The wind meant it would be near impossible for me to record my voice in a way the audience could hear and understand.

For the most part, this week was no exception to those generally accepted beliefs. It’s notoriously cold, foggy, and windy during the summer months. For those unfamiliar with the area it’s a town right on the coast just south of San Francisco. This week I shot a ton of video in Pacifica, CA.

Voice over in imovie