The next type of hardware that we used was a camera. The camera that we used was a Panasonic video recorder that I had not used before. I had used other types of camera previously but not this type, which meant that being the main camera operator I had to figure out how to use this very quickly. When using the camera, we also used a tripod in order to ensure that our shots were steady and not shaky and also a voice recorder so that our voice overs came out very clear and easy to hear. Similar to the camera, I had not used a voice recorder before, which meant that we had to figure out how to use it and also how to play back the footage that we had recorded so that we were happy with the recording before we uploaded it onto the computer.
The last type of hardware used would be a memory stick. This was a very essential piece during filming and editing as we used it to transfer footage, credits, music and pictures etc, from home onto school computers.
We used three different types of software during the production of our film which included photoshop, premier pro and powerpoint. When using premierpro I learnt how to create freeze shots when introducing the characters to the audience, insert and change the different types of fonts to appeal to the target audience and finally how to insert transitions on to both the footage and the text. I had only used final cut pro before, which meant that premier pro was a completely new programme to me. There was a lot of similar aspects, however I felt that premier pro was a more complicated programme, but it was useful that Erin had used this before as it meant that it didn't take us as long to figure out how to use different aspects. Powerpoint was used in order to create our pitch and also to layout the planning of our characters. Although it was not an essential programme, it was very helpful in making things visually clear and made it easier for us to present our idea for our film. Lastly, I used photoshop to create the title for our film. Once I had come up with the idea to have the title in clouds as it represented freedom that Ash felt like she didn't have due to her condition, but that she was soon to have as a result of this art competition. I spent a long time watching various youtube videos and looking at websites in order to make this possible. I had never really used photoshop in this way, so I had no idea what I was doing when I first started this task. However, by the end of it I had leant how to create pathways, customise the brush tool and finally how to use the stroke tool.
The online tools that I used included Blogger, Niice and Bensound. Blogger was the most important online tool as this is where I kept all of my research, planning and updates on the changes made during the whole process. Using this website I learnt different ways to style my posts to make it more interesting, such as adding in pictures to break up the posts, videos and moodboards. I also learnt how to change the design and style of my blog, so that it was easier to find certain posts and clearer to read. Once I had done this I found it very enjoyable to create posts and then view my blog to see how they looked. I think this website was the most important of all as it enabled me to view all of the planning I had made about our film and compare the planning to the research I had previously made. I also used bensound in order to find the non-diegetic music for our film. This website was once again new to me and very easy to use, however there were limitations on the music as some of them required a membership. Besides this and the hours of searching through the internet for free, copyright music, we finally found one on this website that we are very happy with and we feel that this song fits our film perfectly. Finally, the last website that I used during research was Niice. This was a website where you could create your own moodboards. I used this to display the different characters in Teen Angst films and also the different settings. I thought that by using a moodboard it would break up the posts of long paragraphs and offer a visual aspect to the types of things that I was researching.
A Facebook group chat was very significant in the planning and creation of our film. We used this to communicate and discuss different ideas that we had as well as the changes we thought we should make. Although this was not new to me as I have been a member of this website for a number of years, it was essential for us to be able to plan when we were filming, editing and in general just sharing ideas and suggestions.
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