Since the day of its birth, Mac has always been the best tool for almost all kinds of works. Comparing to Windows operating system, Mac has a more user-friendly interface, and can provide a better using experience. Especially when we are dealing with multimedia tasks like editing a video or doing after affects, Mac can make the work as simple as it can be for us. In a matter of fact, you can actually produce a simple movie only using a Mac device. A Mac PC can allow you to do all the works from organizing video materials to editing the videos and then burning your movie to a DVD disc. So today, we're going to talk about the whole process of movie making on Mac, introducing how to make a movie on a mac and some movie making software for mac, and showing you how exactly you can make a movie from raw videos to a well-decorated DVD disc.

Part 1: Gather movie materials

The first step you need to take to make a movie on a Mac, is to gather your movie materials. It's better if you have professional movie filming devices like a professional camcorder or on-site mic. However, if you don't have all these devices, or you simply don't have the budget to afford any of these professional tools, you can also record your videos using your smartphone. The point of this step is to record whatever you need to put in your movie, and you have to try to record them as clear as you can and as stable as you can, Because although you can edit all these video clips later, there are only so much you can do in the editing process, and the quality of your raw video clips is very important.

After filming all your video clips, remember to organize them so that you can access those videos easily later when you are ready to edit them. You wouldn't want to deal with a whole bunch of video clips that are all messed up together, so organizing videos is very important for your producing efficiency and the quality of your whole project. Name all your video clips properly and categorize them in the way that can be easily understood by yourself.

Part 2: Edit your movie with iMovie

After you have filming all the video clips that you need and organized and properly, you can start to edit them. There are a lot of movie making software for mac that you can use to edit your video clips on Mac, and I would like to recommend you use iMovie produced by Apple.

We have introduced some of the best free movie making programs for Mac, one of which is iMovie. iMovie is a video editing software application sold by Apple Inc. for the Mac and iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPad Mini and iPod Touch). It was originally released in 1997 as a Mac OS 8 application bundled with the first FireWire enabled consumer Mac model, the iMac. Since 2003, iMovie is included free with all new Mac computers. The reason why I recommend you use this program to edit your movie clips is that it is a built-in application on your Mac computer, so it has very high compatibility with your project environment, and it's free. if you have all your video clips stored in your iPad, you can even make the movie with iMovie on your iPad.

This is the most important and the most complex part of making a movie on Mac. What you need to accomplish in this step is to combine all your video clips together in a smooth way, cut everything you don't need from your video clips, adjust color basis and add some after effects if needed. Take your time when you are in this step because everything you do here right now is crucial important for your final work.

Part 3: Burn your movie to a DVD disc

Last but not least, you have to burn your move to a DVD disc to make it look like a real movie and to make it easier to for you to carry it around share it with your friends. You also have a lot of choices for programs to burn your move into a DVD disc, and there is a good one that I would recommend called Leawo DVD Creator for Mac. With this DVD burning program, you can burn your movie to a DVD disc within several minutes and have a DVD disc that is playable on any DVD player.

Next, I'll show you how to burn your movie to a DVD disc on Mac with Leawo DVD Creator for Mac.

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DVD Creator 

☉ Convert videos like MP4, AVI, MKV to DVD format fast.

☉ Create DVD-5, DVD-9 disc, folder or ISO image without quality loss.

☉ 1-click operation to create photo slideshows and burn to DVD.

☉ Easily editable effects, 2D to 3D conversion support.

☉ Built-in menu templates and edit disc menu with personal preferences.

Part 3: Burn your movie to a DVD disc

Step 1. Add videos to DVD creator.

You can import videos in two ways:

a. Click the "Add Video" button to load videos.
b. Directly drag and drop files to the program.

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After loading source video files, you could select subtitles and audio tracks from source videos, play back videos, etc. Set the output DVD disc type (DVD-5 or DVD-9), quality and aspect ratio (16:9 or 4:3) at the bottom.

Step 2. Set disc menu (optional)

If you want to add disc menu to output DVD movie, you could choose from the right sidebar. Leawo DVD Creator for Mac offers you multiple preset disc menu templates in different themes like Standard, Business, Education, Childhood, Holiday, etc. Also, it allows you to DIY disc menu with your own images and audios. You could get instant preview of the menu you've selected. If you want no menu, just select "No Menu" option on the right sidebar after you load source videos.

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Step 3. DVD burning settings.

After setting disc menu, click the big green "Burn" button to call out the burning settings panel, on which you need to figure out Burn to, Disc Label, and Save to options.

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Step 4 Burn video to DVD.

After the burning settings, click the "Burn" button on the popup burning settings panel to start burning videos to DVD. This DVD Creator would immediately start its work and finish it in a few minutes.

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Conclusion

Today we talked about how to make a movie on a Mac. there are 3 main steps that you need to take to make your own movie on a Mac, among them, the second step, editing your video, is the most important step, and the third step, burning your movie to a DVD disc is also important if you want to make your own movie looks serious and be admired by your friends. That is why choosing a good program for these steps is your top priority to consider. Use the best free movie making software for mac iMovie to edit your movie and use Leawo DVD Creator to burn it to a DVD, So that you can make sure you can get the best result with highest efficiency.