Long blank clip????

Hi, wonder if anyone can help me!
I want to insert a blank/black clip or still which lasts for over 5 mins and I can't work out how to do it. Up till now I have been using a still black image which I import but I need it to run for longer than the 1 min max it allows.
What is the easiest way round this?
thankyou in advance for any advice and help

Another way is to make an empty space between two clips by sliding one of them to the right or left. Control-click on the empty space, and in the resulting drop down menu, select Convert Empty Space to Clip. Control-click on the clip you just created and, in the resulting panel, adjust the duration in the duration box.
But the copy-paste method that Karsten Schulter suggested would work just as well, and might even be faster in your case.
As an aside, I am not aware of any "1 min max" on any still image. You should be able to control-click/Show Info and set the duration for any length of time you want.

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