what have you learnt about technologies form the process of constructing this product?

question 6

SOFTWAREIn our production we used a software called final cut pro, which helped us pull together our whole production because it let us add in sound effects, put our clips together and etc. To make our production better we get to see if some things fit to our narrative and to see if some didn’t, for example making sure we did everything right like the 180 degree angle that we took a while editing in. And we did find out that one clip of the antagonist in the bath did not fit in well with our score, so we took this clip out of our production with help from the software of final cut pro, it was very hard trying to get the exact moment of the score that fit in with the shots of our scenes for example the score fitting in with the disequilibrium of the antagonists appearing in the bath tub of the bathroom scene. Furthermore this software enabled us to edit clips to correct length of the clip that we wanted it to be. To either make them longer or shorter connoting the feelings of the character in the particular scene. In addition to this we used colour grading with all our scenes in the production to make the locations appear more depressing and dull to the eye which again sets the tone of the production and The fade in and out will help create the mood that we want to represent in our opening scene. Furthermore the colour grading feature of final cut would be important in our scene because it can make the scene either happy with warmer contrasts of colour or by making the scene more tense and dramatic by making the scene have a darker tone which can connote sadness and grief which our characters both feel in the narrative which is scenes throughout our production In our production final cut pro helped our group add in a orchestral sound to it made from a friend that composed it to fit to each shot of our production. With fitting in out score within our production final cut pro helped us to make it the best that it possibly could be. Final cut pro also helped us add in credits to notify the audience the producer, directors etc.

we used colour grading to make the locations appear to be dull and gloomier than it is (sympathetic background) connoting that even tho they are both happy something bad will happen having in the narrative leaving the audience off edge and wanting to know what is going to happen.

SOFTWARESome examples of software representations that we used were: slideshare, powtoon, prezi, youtube and amaze. We used these ways to present our work because it made our tasks and ideas aesthetically pleasing to the viewers looking at our work. It also made our research overall look organised but allowed us as a group to show our different styles and individuality that came together making our overall piece.

HARDWARE-CAMERA SETTINGS

The camera that we used to film our production of unperceived was the Panasonic HDC-TM900 Full HD Camcorder. This type of camera had settings that controlled manually the white balance that had to be used when filming as it appeared to be too yellow and didn’t show the true colours of the scene that we were filming which would've set the tone as another feeling for example the yellow tone may of connoted happiness and peace and that was not the aim for our production we wanted dull colours. Furthermore for our production we used the auto focus on this camera which made the image more clearer and made the quality better. Moreover for our shots to be still we also used a tripod that was very useful in all of the different locations that were used in our production to keep stability throughout filming, as to start off we tried filming without a tripod and it mad the filming look blurry and bumpy for example in the first scene of filming protagonist and antagonist we were going to track forwards and backwards but this was changed later on because when filming on the gravel with the dolly it was too shaky and the wood we brought to to decrease the shakiness. From this i have learnt more skills in using a camera and filming with a camcorder.

Inour production we used a H4N recorder to record the foley sounds for the bathroom scene for example the taps coming on, shower turning on and door slamming. From using this piece of hardware it enabled us to have clearer sound and had a higher quality for our production. Furthermore the recorded sound of the door slamming didn't record as well as we expected because it was not at a high standard like all the others foley sounds recorded, and the sound of the slamming in our production echoes and gives the shot an unrealistic tone that we could not be fixed. Overall with using a H4N recorder it made our sounds sound more realistic and exaggerated the sounds (excluding the door slamming) making it more scary and making the audience feel more uneasy whilst watching. I think we could've recorded more sounds with a H4N recorder for example to the walking of footsteps for example when the male character is seen to be walking over to the shower to turn it off. I believe it would of made the scene more intense and help increase the suspense and give the viewer emotional pleasure through feeling anxious for the protagonist.

H4N RECORDER

IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE FUTURE

improvements for the future i think would be to increase my skills on final cut pro as I'm not as confident as i think i could be, i found adding in sound difficult but i think towards the end of completing our production i got better. I think for our production we could've made the sound more realistic for the foley sound of the door slamming, because i think overall it may of given a more realistic sound to the particular sound as its very important for the sound to be accurate in that intense scene. Furthermore i think also improving my skills on the camera settings because i found it also difficult setting the camera on different settings like the colour. But again by this i think i wont have a problem with this next time as in my opinion i think that i have learnt from these problems.