Removing background from a video

Hi!
I'm having trouble with my video editing in Final Cut. Could anyone tell me how to remove the background (leaving it white) over the whole video sequence? The more specific, the better...
Thanks a lot!!!

If you've already shot it then that's another story. Did you shoot it against a solid color other than white? If so there may be a way out of this, if not, then this will take a lot of time.
As noted by others you may be better off re-shooting.
To try and fix what you have will require using a garbage matte. FCP has an 8-point version, which will limit your options with moving talent. As Jim noted there are 50-point and 100-point garbage mattes available, but again as previously mentioned you will have to adjust the garbage matte for each frame.
What is this ultimate goal of this project?

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