1. 1. Equipment and editing Question 6 what have you learnt about the technologies from the process of constructing this product.
2. 2. Camera We chose to use a HD camera to record our film opening. We had the choice of using this or a DSLR Camera, we chose the HD camera because we didnt need to change the focus, aperture or shutter speed that the DSLR provided. We thought it would be better to edit anything like that after on Premier, we needed a basic camera that still gave the cinematic quality we were after. We did however come across a problem when it stated to rain while recording. This camera is not designed to be used in the rain and some of our final shots were very blurry and unprofessional.
3. 3. SD Card When shooting we had a SD card in the camera, because we used a SD and not any memory that could have been on the camera already (like some cameras) it made it quicker to put on to the computer, it also made it so we were never worried about memory and had the freedom to film as much as we needed. It was also a lot safer as carrying around cameras everywhere could damage them, its a lot easier to carry around a small SD Card.
4. 4. Microphone Our final piece only had one line in it however it also had a chant as a backing track at one point. We used a microphone to record the dialogue in the piece so it would be clearer as the mic on the camera didn't pick up all the detail and at times was muffled. We filmed the scene with the dialogue outside therefore we had to record the dialogue on the mic for this outside as well, this was so it seemed realistic and there was noises such as cars and the wind in the recording as well, it would of sounded unrealistic without this. This did however mean that a little more time would have had to spend editing the sound to the footage and syncing any dialogue said were the lips of the actor could have been seen.
5. 5. Editing We uploaded all of our video clips and voice clips onto a memory card , this means everything is always together and can be transported from computer to computer, it also stops the computers from running slow. The editing software we used for this was premiere pro, this was very difficult to use at first as I have never used anything like this before but once I knew the basics I found it very easy to edit and cut clips together. In my preliminary task I didnt do much of the editing so this was all very new to me. Using this software is very time consuming and took a lot of patients we had to cut together every scene making it look professional. Our group chose to create a quick cut and then upload it to YouTube to get feedback from our classmates on what we could edit or change. This led to experimenting with tints, blurry effects and lighting which at times was stressful but very fun to learn.
6. 6. Editing I have downloaded music before using a YouTube converter so I new how to do this when it came to downloading the music we needed for our opening titles, the wind sound and the cartoon boing sound we need for a production company. After I had inserted all these sounds we needed for our piece I cut them down in premiere just like the film clips. I did however learn to fade in and out music on premiere something that became very useful in our piece with film clips and sound. Finding the music I needed for the opening titles and party scene wasnt easy as it had to be copyright free. I used websites like YouTube and freesound.org both were very simple to use but very time consuming sieving through all the music. Our opening titles where edited on after effects, we downloaded a plug in file onto a memory stick and edited the file adding in our own opening titles. I have never used after effect and at first I moved to many things around and messed up the titles. After starting again I found all I had to do was change the text which was very simple to do. Our opening titles were 2 files added together (as 1 was to small) then on premiere I changed the speed of the titles to match the backing track and keep the directed by up a little longer like many films do. From a media students point of view after affects was really fun to use and when I further develop my skills I could edit and change things to make something great.
7. 7. Editing I have downloaded music before using a YouTube converter so I new how to do this when it came to downloading the music we needed for our opening titles, the wind sound and the cartoon boing sound we need for a production company. After I had inserted all these sounds we needed for our piece I cut them down in premiere just like the film clips. I did however learn to fade in and out music on premiere something that became very useful in our piece with film clips and sound. Finding the music I needed for the opening titles and party scene wasnt easy as it had to be copyright free. I used websites like YouTube and freesound.org both were very simple to use but very time consuming sieving through all the music. Our opening titles where edited on after effects, we downloaded a plug in file onto a memory stick and edited the file adding in our own opening titles. I have never used after effect and at first I moved to many things around and messed up the titles. After starting again I found all I had to do was change the text which was very simple to do. Our opening titles were 2 files added together (as 1 was to small) then on premiere I changed the speed of the titles to match the backing track and keep the directed by up a little longer like many films do. From a media students point of view after affects was really fun to use and when I further develop my skills I could edit and change things to make something great.