IMovie for iPhone 4 - Ken Burns Effect Issue

If I move the timeline to the start of my clip, the Ken Burns Start button is not available but the End button is. Start shows up at the end of my clips.
When at the start of the clip then start should be available and at the end of the clip then End should be available. By it being reversed, this causes me to make my effects backwards of how I intended them to be.
Is this a software bug or do I just not understand how to work this editor?

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