In addition, the display sizes, the display positions, and the shapes of the live view image, the indicator, the movie recording GUI button, the movie recording end GUI button, and other display objects that have been described in the present exemplary embodiment are merely examples to which the present invention is applicable.
In addition, the description has been given of a case in which an effect to be applied to each movie is determined irrespective of the content of a movie to be recorded by the user. Alternatively, the configuration may be such that the user sets an effect to be applied to each movie, and the movie with the set effect being applied can be recorded onto the recording medium 200. Furthermore, an effect may be similarly applied to all the movies included in a set of movies, only one effect may be applied to a movie corresponding to one chapter, or effect may not be applied.