How do I insert a white background all throughout my iMovie?

Apologies if this is a primative question, but I cannot find the answer anywhere. I'm on a Mac (10.9.2), using iMovie 10.0.2, and I've tried inserting "Maps & Backgrounds" white, which hasn't done the job (thought it would allow me to use it as a true background throughout, allowing images and movies to be placed atop it). What I'm hoping to accomplish?
I have a logo (both as png and jpg formats), but I want it to appear on a white background without it being resized or placed over the movie as a transparent logo. I want it to appear cleanly at the end of the video, without those "black bars" at the sides. I want to turn all "black bars" into "white bars" so there never appear to be any bars at all. The "Ken Burns" solution isn't a solution, as I don't want to logo to move. I want it centered without the black bars. So again, what I REALLY want to know is how to alter the default background color to WHITE, so I never again have to see black anywhere. How can this be accomplished?
Thank you so much to anyone who can answer this! It is driving me mad! You're awesome!

stephanie165 wrote:
... I want a solid white background everywhere throughout the entire movie. ...
ahh now I got it, sorry me alien, lost in translation
• use the White background generator for parts without pics
• use the crop tool to make stills 'full-screen'
• for pics without 16:9 aspect ratio, use any pic-processor (I recommend Pixelmator) to put the pic on a 16:9 white...
example, using your Macs built-in Preview.app:
• opening a portrait-ratio picture, cmd-c (copy)
• opening any 16:9 white picture (e.g a screen-shot from your iM project ... ), cmd-v (paste)
importing the processed pic into iMovie - tadahh!: full-screen white!
by 'prepping' pics, you could accomplish even more elaborated effects, e.g. placing two/many pics into a single frame ....
hope this helps.

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