Burning a themed imovie in idvd, do i have to use a theme there too?

HI, I have created a movie in imovie using the Photo Album theme and have sent it to media browser.  I want to burn it to a DVD.  When I go to iDvd it seems I have to use a new theme there with drop zones.  Can I just burn the movie I created without using an additional theme?

The themes in iDVD are only for the menus and not for the slideshows or videos.
OT

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