Technologies

Question 6

Before we start editing, we have to understand many ways to

use technology through the Blog. This is vital because

planning on the blog shows an understanding of which

technology we should use. Although the blog has our ideas

being gathered through the use of technology such as the

pitch, Sound, location and many more.

Here are some examples of technology being used in the

blog.

Pitch

We used prezi to present our ideas

using different varieties of production

to make it come to reality

Programs used

to edit

Premiere Pro

cs6

Editing was used to create continuity throughout the

clip. This would make it unrecognisable because it’s all

happening all the same time with different shots. Editing

includes adding effects, sound and titles all together to

produce a video or a movie.

Example of continuity

Effects

This glitch effect was being used after

creating the titles.

This emphasizes the title ‘after effects’ to give

a tense atmosphere to the movie opening.

We also use dissolves and dip to white effect

to show a range of effects so that it’s not

repetitive.

Premiere pro cs6

Final cut pro

vs

In my experiences for using final cut pro for 2 years, I prefer to use premiere pro

cs6. This is because the wording is different and simpler to clarify whereas final cut

pro it takes time to understand the controls. Premiere pro has the advantage to

connect with ‘after effects cs6’ and other adobe programs to edit. Therefore it is

easier not to lose the video footage and editing rather than final cut pro. Although

they are similar with the controls for example the razor tool and the system, I find

that premiere pro has more control over settings whereas its quicker to render.

For the title ‘after effects’ we

used a program called after

effects cs6 in order to create

the scatter effect along with the

timing right. I find this program

challenging because it is very

difficult to figure the timing and

the software.

We also used motion 4 on the mac

and found it easy to create the

ident ‘ prodigy’. This is because it

was set out as a template so we

only just need to rename it. ‘frame

work’ was very difficult to create

because we wanted to challenge

ourselves to create our own ident

from scratch. It turned out to be

successful.

We changed the name from

‘mc’intosh’ to ‘prodigy’

We went to research soundtrack and sound

effects through soundcloud, creative commons

and mp3 monkey. These three websites that I

research are copy right free therefore we

would not have any conflict with the artist and

company.

Dslr camera (canon 550d) and

camcorder pocket. This was used to

take picture and film behind the

scene.

JVC camera was used to film

our main 2 minute opening and

a mic was used to record our

actors voice.

We used photoshop cs6

for the title

background. Whereas we

use mp4 converter to

convert video’s for it

to be compatible

We needed the

mac and my

laptop to edit

On different

programs.

The importance of technology displays an understanding of how

we use different technologies to show effect. It was challenging

to adapt to a new program in a short amount of time for example

‘after effects cs6’ . I find ‘after effects cs6’ very complicated to

use because this is more animation based therefore everything

was difficult to learn the controls. I overcome this issue through

using YouTube tutorials and understanding the basic’s for me to

get used to it. Technology was effective to combine all elements

of sound, camerawork, editing, titles, and other uses to create a

final product. In the future I would want to carry on using after

effects cs6, Premiere pro cs6, motion 4, soundcloud and monkey

mp4. This is because the final outcome of the video turned out to

be successful and I find that it would be easier to experience how

to fully use it for future references. Next time I would prefer to

use my own camera because the quality of the JVC didn’t come out

to what my expectation was for example it came out pixelated.

Whereas we could always improve on the lighting to make it

clearer for our viewer. However I gradually grew more confident

in exploring more technologies and adapting to them quickly

because I did GCSE media and we only used Final cut pro and a

camcorder.