Evaluation Q6 - Technologies

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? 



Here is a list of the technologies we have used:

HD video camera
Mac software:
                        Final Cut Pro
                        Livetype
                        Garageband

Blogger
Youtube 
IMDB

HD Camera

Throughout the process of creating our slasher opening, we have used many different technologies. We have used a HD Camera to film our slasher opening. This meant that the quality of our finished slasher opening was much better and altogether looked more professional. We tried using smartphones to film parts of our teaser trailer but the shots were more shaky and  looked very amateur.

Final Cut Pro

To edit our opening we used editing software Final Cut Pro. We also use Final Cut Pro to edit vodcasts, and our productions such as a rough cut. Final Cut Pro is good for quick and easy editing, and uploading footage from SD cards is very fast.  Final Cut Pro also has built in effects which we used throughout the process of our slasher film. for example we used the Day into Night effect to make some shots look as though they were filmed when it was dark. We also used Final Cut Pro to make the titles and credits for our slasher opening.

LiveType

We used LiveType to create our own idents, and then again to create our film ident. We found that at first it was quite hard to get used to but after a short time it became easier and was a very effective tool to help our idents look more professional.

Garageband 

Garageband was useful when we wanted to add sound to our idents. It was easy to add sound effects to our idents and build lots of layers of sound to make it more professional. We also used Garageband to soundtrack our entire film opening. It was easy to create the sound and music we wanted for our opening using mainly the string instruments. However there is a lot of choice when choosing an instrument and a sound so picking the right one for our slasher film opening after listening to them all the options can take a while.

Blogger

We have used Blogger to document the research and planning of our Slasher opening. It is easy to link to sources on the internet and upload our own work so everything is all in one place. Blogger is very useful when communicating with other people in our production group, and we can easily embed videos from their blogs on to our own. Also links lists make everything easy to find so you don't have to search through the blog archive. 

YouTube

We used YouTube as an easy platform to upload vodcasts, teaser trailers, rough cuts and our final product. It means that a wide audience can watch our productions and we can easily get feedback and constructive criticism. We also looked at a few coursework productions from past years to get ideas about what we should and shouldn't do within our own production. Also it is very easy to embed YouTube videos into Blogger posts, and share videos through other social networks such as Facebook.

IMDb

IMDb is extremely useful to look up a range of information about films we are researching such as distributors, directors and production companies. It has a lot of information that is useful for us as indie film makers such as budget and box office figures of films similar to ours.