2. Throughout the film making
process I have used Blogger
in order to store all of the
research I have done on the
genre of our film, the
costumes used and also the
similar film. This research
enabled our group to use the
stereotypical urban drama
film as a benchmark to work
from. Using Blogger, I also
kept note of the dates that
we were planning on filming
and noted any resources we
would use in each scene.
This helped keep our film
organised as could just
check up on which props we
would need. If we did not do
this then we may have forgot
a necessary prop and this
could have prevented us
from filming on that day.
3. The use of Final Cut Express was particularly helpful with the construction
stage in our film. This software gave us the chance to edit our clips in order
to make the film run smoothly. Tools such as this allowed us to crop the
shots so that our film made sense and had a fluidity about it. Another use of
Final Cut Express was that it allowed us to insert music into the scenes
where it helped express the overall mood better. For example when the
character Greg is stabbed, we played an emotional and slow song to
compliment that it is a sad stage in the film.
Another feature of Final Cut Express
which was helpful was the option to
edit the lighting in the shots. This
wheel of colour allowed us to tamper
with the saturation and lighting in
shots which we felt were too bright
and didn’t fit with the mood in the
scenes.
4. I have used Adobe Photoshop Elements
in order to make a film poster post-
production. This software enabled me to
create a realistic film poster which is
similar to any professional poster. This
poster was created after I researched
other film posters as I wanted to look at
the different styles of existing posters to
see which would suit our film.
This is one poster in particular that
I liked and I used this idea when it
came to making my film poster. I
felt that by using the characters
face as a vocal point which add to
the mystery as it does not give
away what the character is
addicted to, you also do not know
where he has got a black eye from.
This feature in particular however
does suggest that he gets into
trouble due to his addiction.
5. Perhaps the biggest feature of technology we used in the
construction of our film was the use of the Sony HD 1000.
We have never used such a high quality or expensive camera
and so this increase in quality of film making enabled us to
create good looking shots. This piece of equipment was
obviously crucial in the creation of our film as we would
have not been able to create a good short film otherwise. At
first, the use of this camera caused confusion due to the
many factors that can be changed (e.g. display) but
eventually we learnt how to successfully use the camera and
it has been an improvement on the camera used in our first
year film due to it shooting in High Definition, as well as it
offering more options, for example it is better focused in
dark scenes due to the Night Vision Mode being a
possibility. We struggled to film in dark scenes last year due
to not having such options.
6. Finally, an important feature I used in the planning stage of our film was the use of Celtx.
This software allowed me to write a professional looking script for our film which included
dialogue, actions and settings. This software sets out the script in a basic way which means
it is easy to tell what each character says, and what action is performed. Thus making it
easier for the actors to know what they are doing in each scene. This organised are group as
it meant that when it came to filming we did not have to wait around thinking of how to lay
out each shot.
