Media AS technology

1. What have you learnt about the
technologies from the process of
constructing your product?

2. Due to me being a previous photography student, I had some
knowledge of how to work cameras. I had used the Cannon
cameras before, so had some experience of using it. I used a
Cannon EOS 600D.
I had the focus on manual, so I could focus it myself as I was
filming close up objects. It was important that I had focused on
the right bit of the object, so the key areas I wanted to be
highlighted were focused. I didn’t have much trouble focusing
and setting the camera on the tripod made it a lot easier, as the
key areas stayed in focus throughout the filming. I used a Tripod
in all of my filming and the tripod helped a lot in making the
camera keep still and so I could film different angles such as
putting the Tripod on the chair, and on the table but making it
smaller. The Tripod also benefited so what I filmed weren’t
shaky, as if they were it would have been really obvious.
The camera and Tripod worked well together and I didn’t have
any problems while working with both.

3. When it came to editing my film, I used Adobe
Premier Pro CS5 throughout my whole film. I had
originally planned to do different effects in Adobe
After Effects but found this very complicated and
didn’t fit in well, so I stuck to using Premier Pro.
I found it quite easy to
edit after I understood
the basics of using this
piece of software. I had
never used anything like
it before so it was new to
me. I got used to it
relatively quick and
managed to complete my
film quite easily. I didn’t
have many problems
using this software,
however I did have to ask
for help as I wanted to
add in a flash effect which
can be seen throughout
my film-one cuts to
another with a black
flash.
I found this piece of software very compatible with what I was
aiming to achieve- getting the video clips to go with the sound
which required cutting to clips fast. I think Premier Pro was perfect
for the job.