This slide share is an evaluation of what equipment and editing i used on my final film opening- As media.

1. Equipment
and editing
Question 6 – what have you learnt about the
technologies from the process of constructing this
product.

2. Camera
We chose to use a HD
camera to record our film
opening. We had the choice
of using this or a DSLR
Camera, we chose the HD
camera because we didn’t
need to change the focus,
aperture or shutter speed
that the DSLR provided. We
thought it would be better to
edit anything like that after
on Premier, we needed a
basic camera that still gave
the cinematic quality we were
after.
We did however come across a problem when it
stated to rain while recording. This camera is
not designed to be used in the rain and some of
our final shots were very blurry and
unprofessional.

3. SD Card
When shooting we had a SD
card in the camera, because
we used a SD and not any
memory that could have been
on the camera already (like
some cameras) it made it
quicker to put on to the
computer, it also made it so
we were never worried about
memory and had the freedom
to film as much as we needed.
It was also a lot safer as
carrying around cameras
everywhere could damage
them, its a lot easier to carry
around a small SD Card.

4. Microphone
Our final piece only had one line in it
however it also had a chant as a
backing track at one point. We used
a microphone to record the
dialogue in the piece so it would be
clearer as the mic on the camera
didn't pick up all the detail and at
times was muffled. We filmed the
scene with the dialogue outside
therefore we had to record the
dialogue on the mic for this outside
as well, this was so it seemed
realistic and there was noises such as
cars and the wind in the recording as
well, it would of sounded unrealistic
without this. This did however mean
that a little more time would have
had to spend editing the sound to
the footage and syncing any dialogue
said were the lips of the actor could
have been seen.

5. Editing
We uploaded all of our video clips and voice clips onto a memory card , this
means everything is always together and can be transported from computer to
computer, it also stops the computers from running slow.
The editing software we used for this was premiere pro, this was very difficult to
use at first as I have never used anything like this before but once I knew the
basics I found it very easy to edit and cut clips together. In my preliminary task I
didn’t do much of the editing so this was all very new to me. Using this software is
very time consuming and took a lot of –patients we had to cut together every
scene making it look professional. Our group chose to create a quick cut and then
upload it to YouTube to get feedback from our classmates on what we could edit
or change. This led to experimenting with tints, blurry effects and lighting which
at times was stressful but very fun to learn.

6. Editing
I have downloaded music before using a YouTube converter so I new how to
do this when it came to downloading the music we needed for our opening
titles, the wind sound and the cartoon boing sound we need for a production
company. After I had inserted all these sounds we needed for our piece I cut
them down in premiere just like the film clips. I did however learn to fade in
and out music on premiere something that became very useful in our piece
with film clips and sound.
Finding the music I needed for the opening titles and party scene wasn’t easy
as it had to be copyright free. I used websites like YouTube and freesound.org
both were very simple to use but very time consuming sieving through all the
music.
Our opening titles where edited on after effects, we downloaded a plug in file
onto a memory stick and edited the file adding in our own opening titles. I
have never used after effect and at first I moved to many things around and
messed up the titles. After starting again I found all I had to do was change the
text which was very simple to do. Our opening titles were 2 files added
together (as 1 was to small) then on premiere I changed the speed of the titles
to match the backing track and keep the directed by up a little longer like
many films do. From a media students point of view after affects was really
fun to use and when I further develop my skills I could edit and change things
to make something great.

7. Editing
I have downloaded music before using a YouTube converter so I new how to
do this when it came to downloading the music we needed for our opening
titles, the wind sound and the cartoon boing sound we need for a production
company. After I had inserted all these sounds we needed for our piece I cut
them down in premiere just like the film clips. I did however learn to fade in
and out music on premiere something that became very useful in our piece
with film clips and sound.
Finding the music I needed for the opening titles and party scene wasn’t easy
as it had to be copyright free. I used websites like YouTube and freesound.org
both were very simple to use but very time consuming sieving through all the
music.
Our opening titles where edited on after effects, we downloaded a plug in file
onto a memory stick and edited the file adding in our own opening titles. I
have never used after effect and at first I moved to many things around and
messed up the titles. After starting again I found all I had to do was change the
text which was very simple to do. Our opening titles were 2 files added
together (as 1 was to small) then on premiere I changed the speed of the titles
to match the backing track and keep the directed by up a little longer like
many films do. From a media students point of view after affects was really
fun to use and when I further develop my skills I could edit and change things
to make something great.