Evaluation question 6

YouTube

Final cut pro x

Evaluation Question 6

With regards to YouTube, prior our coursework, I have been very experienced with using the website and the features in which it has. We used this website to upload final editions and rough cuts of our film opening. These videos have then been exported into blogger which are available to watch. I have also used used this to create the evaluation question number 5. I have used this as I am able to add annotations to my video which allows me to explain as the video is being played.

With regards to final cut pro, I was not experienced in using this specific software. However I had used similar programs such as after effects. Because of this I found the software easy to use and easy to navigate. I found that this software had features which enabled me to create an opening to a professional standard.

Blogger

Garage band

Tripod

With regards to blogger this was the first time in which I had used the online website. We used this website to create a blog which demonstrated and evidenced all the work in which we had done this year on the media course. This website has many added features which allows us to show our work off in a specific layout allowing the work to be represented in a more professional way. I found it easy to navigate around this site and relatively easy to learn how to use the multiple features.

We were able to use garage band to create the backing music in our film opening. This music, we believe, enables us to add to the emotion being emitted from the scene. We chose garage band as it was easy to use as we have had past experience with it and can navigate the program easily. We used this app to create our backing track of the film opening and used its many features to make the music as effective as possible in creating an atmosphere. We used features such as flex time which involved changing the tempo of the music without having to change the pitch.

This was the first time I had used a tripod to film using a DSLR camera. I found that the tripod added to the professionalism of the footage as it was consequently very still. This stillness allows the viewer to recognize the footage as being professionally shot and will be more enticed into it as a result. We used the tripod whilst filming all of our content with the exception of a few cut away shots which we included. The tripod was used in every shot as it allowed a level of continuity to be expressed in our work as it evidenced the effort and level of professionalism in our work.

DSLR camera

SD CARD

Boom mic

With regards to the DSLR camera, I had not come into contact with it before the preliminary task of shooting the swede which was based on the warp films classic: 'Tyrannosaur'. From using this as experience I am now able to fully use the camera at ease to produce videos of high definition and a professional standard. We used this camera for the basic reason of shooting our film opening entirely. We used this camera and exploited its many functions and features which can be changed in order to retrieve a more professional shot.

With regards to SD cards, I am very capable in using them as I have had many past experiences with SD cards. We used SD cards to quickly and efficiently transfer files of a big size to other machines. An example of this is using an SD card to transfer the photos and the film caught on the DSLR camera to the computer directly into final cut where we started editing. This was a very efficient method of file transfer due too how quick and easy it was to do.

The boom mic, which I had never used before came into massive use with regards to audio within my film opening. The audio of our production, because of the boom mic was exactly how we wanted it. We wanted no background interference when it comes to recording the voices of the characters upon the bridge scene. We used the boom mic primarily on scenes using dialogue as we used music over the rest of the opening which meant there was no diagetic audio apart from the voice of the actor.