Movie without a theme

Ready to try my first iMovie project. I've read thru a gazillion posts about the subject and if I understand correctly:
1) Import movie to iMovie and build movie to my satisfaction.
2) Send to iDVD (Iwant it to play on TV via DVD player)
3) Let iDVD do its thing, burn DVD, and I'm all set!
My question: I don't believe I can use iDVD without a theme being added and I don't want a theme on the movie. Is there a way to accomplish this? If I burn the DVD straight out of iMovie will it be viewable on TV as described in 2)?
Thanks in advance for all help/suggestions.

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Hi Max
a. replace it with a black photo and no audio
- or -
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I see that you are having an issue with some purchased movie extras from iTunes on your Apple TV. I would like to suggest that you use the following link to help you report an issue with these purchases to iTunes:
Report a problem with an item purchased from the iTunes Store, App Store, Mac App Store, or iBooks Store - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204084
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities!
Cheers,
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KOENIG Yvan wrote:
Because it's a widely documented Lion's feature.
When a document wasn't open since a month (at least if my memory is OK) documents created by Lion's aware applications are locked to prevent accidental deletion.
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