Sony HD Video Camera & Tripod
I am very happy with the camera we were given to shoot with. It was easy to use and control and the quality of out footage and our final film looks very smooth. I learnt how to attach the camera onto the tripod and how to move it smoothly to create interesting dynamic shots I also learnt how to capture footage and transfer it onto a computer ready for editing. The only problem we had with the camera was when we forgot to clean the lens, as we were filming outside on a sunny day we failed to notice that over the top of the footage we captured was dust ruining the image, I have learnt to always make sure that the camera lens is clean to ensure the highest quality footage is captured.
We also used lots of computer programs and websites to create our final media production. All the programs we used were available to us on the school Apple macs.
This is the program we used to edit our film. During the editing process I learnt how to:
- Import footage/music
- Split slides/music
- Slow the pace of clips down
- Change the colouring of clips
- Cross dissolve the beginning and end of clips
- Add a 'flashback' effect to the edges of clips
- Add text over the top of clips
- Zoom clips in and out
Garage Band
When working on the soundtrack to Devotion in Garage Band the main things I learnt were how to add music together to create a good flowing tune and also how to change the pitch and length of notes so that the music connected together nicely. For research I learnt different types of sounds/music that are found within period drama films so that our film fit the conventions of our chosen genre.
Photoshop
We used Photoshop to edit the images used within our title sequence and also to create our production company logo. I learnt how to use lots of different tools within Photoshop particularly how to use different layers to change the look of the screen-shots from photos to hand-drawn/water-coloured images. I learnt how to use different fonts and how to arrange text artistically when creating the production company logo.
We used Photoshop to edit the images used within our title sequence and also to create our production company logo. I learnt how to use lots of different tools within Photoshop particularly how to use different layers to change the look of the screen-shots from photos to hand-drawn/water-coloured images. I learnt how to use different fonts and how to arrange text artistically when creating the production company logo.
iTunes
We used iTunes to import the music that we had created in Garage Band onto our blogs and film and also to listen to our music back and gather feedback from other groups about our choice of music.
We used iTunes to import the music that we had created in Garage Band onto our blogs and film and also to listen to our music back and gather feedback from other groups about our choice of music.
Flickr.com
I used Flickr to find suitable images for our film/blogs. For example, I found the feather image that we used for our production company (Skyline) on Flickr. The reason I used Flickr for my pictures rather than Google images or other search engine picture searches was that I found when I used Google images that it chucked out lots of irrelevant bad quality pictures while the Flickr website provided me with a large selection of good quality professional images.
Youtube.com
We used Youtube to upload our videos so that we could share and import them onto our blog. We also used Youtube to gather feedback from other users. (http://www.youtube.com/user/skylineproductionsuk).
Blogger.com
We used blogger to post regularly about the process of creating our film
