What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
During this project we learnt how to use different types of technology, what we used ranged from a camera to an iMac which we used to film and edit our work. We had to teach ourselves how to use these but it was very easy to pick up and understand.
Sony Video Camera
To film our opening title sequence we used a Sony Handy cam. This Handy cam was simple to use however it limited what we wanted to do because of our budget, for example we unable to do a pull focus with this type of camera and when we decided to film in the dark the picture wasn't clear and the lighting was bad because the Handy cam didn't have night vision included. Also the sound wasn't clear and limited the things it would pick up. On Final Cut Pro we had to increase the volume and include sound effects such as footsteps and screams because the camera did not pick these sounds we made ourselves. If we were to film again we would probably use a Canon DSLR because this is a higher advanced Camera.
Tri-Pod
When filming our scenes the majority of the time we used the manfrotto 190XDB tri-pod in order to keep the camera steady for certain shots. We learnt that the tri-pod was not needed all the time, for example when filming Holly being thrown against the wall we used a hand held off kilter shot to make the audience believe something bad is going to happen. We used the tri-pod when filming Britt standing in front of the mirror as we needed a steady shot for this. The tri-pod was also useful when filming our interviews when using the 180 degree rule as we believe that it would make the conversation more professional and formal. When creating a over the shoulder shot the camera also needed to be steady so the tri-pod was used for us to achieve this.
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Final Cut Pro
During the making of our opening title sequence we used a variety of software sites such Final Cut Pro: this is what we used to make and edit our opening title sequence. This software was helpful and simple to use and allowed us to use a variety of different effects from video to sound and different transitions to make our opening title sequence become a higher standard. We used waveform to increase the audio for most of our video clips, this helped our video and created more suspense throughout our opening title sequence.
Apple Macs
We used Apple Macs When using prezi, google and final cut pro to produce our opening title sequence. They have allowed us to use final cut pro to edit our video whereas a PC doesn't provide this, it made our opening title sequence look professional and to a high standard. Overall it was very easy and simple to pick up how to use it.
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Youtube
Youtube gave us the ability to distribute our product to an extremely wide audience globally. Many people watch and upload to this website every day so we are able to get many views from the public. From youtube we also watch other videos and opening title sequences from other publishers to inspire us to make our own and improve our work. We also got all of our soundtracks from youtube to make our opening title sequence more effective. We also used 'youtube to mp3 converter' to convert the file to mp3 (sound) and mp4 (video) which we could use to add to our opening title sequence using Final Cut Pro editing software.
Weebly
We created our website on another site called 'Weebly'. We used this website to show and explain our blogs, research, planning and evaluation.