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I have to edit content from a DVD (The Matrix) and create a trailer for it but use clips in such an order that it'll make the movie look like its about drugs and partying for a Film class.
I know of 2 ways to do it but both are time consuming:
first I rip the movie to MP4 with Handbrake which takes 30 minutes but this part is understandable. then after this it branches a couple ways.
1. import the whole movie into iMovie and edit it. (takes about 2 hours to import and takes up 30GB)
2. open the movie in quicktime, use the little time brackets to roughly cut out what I want, export to DV, import to iMovie, and then edit precisely. (quicker than option 1 but I don't have the whole movie and I have to do it for every clip, its really annoying (about 20 minutes per clip)
is there an easier way of doing this

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