6. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT ABOUT

TECHNOLOGIES FROM THE PROCESS OF

CONSTRUCTING THIS FILM OPENING TITLE

SEQUENCE?

Phrasshanth Murugathas

Pre - Production During our pre-production, I have used

different methods to research about our genre (teen drama).

I used YouTube and Art of the Title to look at opening sequences that shared similar conventions to ours.

I learnt how to use Blogger. I had never used blogger as I was always more familiar with Tumblr but this enabled me to learn about different websites such as Blogger.

ProductionWe used a SD card in order to save all our videos. Once we finished shooting all of our scenes, we transferred this into the Mac which allowed us to edit it on Final Cut Pro.

Here is a photo of me setting up the camera at our first shoot. We used a tripod in order to reduce the shakiness. During the production, I’ve learnt how to use and stabilise the camera. I also learnt about the different settings and how to create an autofocus shot as seen at the beginning of our opening sequence.

This is a photo of me and Bene looking at all the shots that we’ve taken in the alley way. I have learnt how to take shots from different angles and combining them together to create a continuity effect in Final Cut Pro.

Here is another photo of us using the tripod again in the last scene.

This is the Panasonic camera that we have used to produce our opening sequence. I became more and more familiar with this camera as we went along.

Post-Production

Since I’ve had prior experience with Final Cut Pro, I was already familiar with this programme. However, using this programme after such a long time has improved my editing skills as well as working with many shots. We took many shots as this would allow us to choose the best one. This taught me how to pick and choose between different types of shots and putting them together.

These are websites which I have never used before. Using these sites have taught me to be more creative with presenting my work.