A powerpoint

1. What I have learnt about the
technologies from the process of
constructing this product?
Jacob Straffon

2. • Our production was filmed on a Sony A57 (picture shown below)
• We decided to use this camera instead of the school cameras because
the quality was better and we could control the settings on the camera
more easily.
• The camera also had a flip out screen, therefore we could line up very
high angle shots and still see what we were doing.
• I learnt how to navigate my way around this camera. How to focus
it, how to change the aperture to let the right amount of light into the
camera. Therefore we could experiment with how shots would look.
• I think I’ve learnt to use the camera well, however I should have
taken more of a hands on approach to using it, to get more experience
with how it works.
The Camera

3. • At points of filming we had to keep the camera steady.
• The tripod was the most useful piece of equipment we used to
keep the camera steady. The tripod had a ball where the camera
was, which meant we could tilt the camera and film, but still
keep it steady.
• However we did not use the tripod all the time. When we
wanted to create shaky, disorientated shots we held the camera
manually, therefore the movement of our bodies created
camera shake.
• Here is an example picture of us using the tripod to keep the
camera steady.
I think we used the tripod efficiently and effectively, we
only used it when needed and when we did use it created
the desired effect .
Steady Camera

4. 1) We used a Microphone On evaluation I think we used the
and boom to record sound. Microphone professionally and used it to
it’s full potential.
5) At one point we
2) The mic is plugged recorded some sound
into the left of the through the floor.
camera where the jack Therefore the sound
fits. was slightly muffled
3) The mic is then creating the effect
connected to that lead that the sound was
and is optionally from a different
connected to the boom room. We learnt that
pole. the recording would
4) If you connect the mic to the sound different
boom pole you can stand further off depending on where
camera and get the mic closer to the the sound is recorded
source of the sound. In the picture from.
Microphone
shown above we did not use the
boom pole because it was not needed
to record as much sound.

5. • We learnt the effect of different lighting.
• Our sequence is a horror, therefore we decided that dark
lighting would be the most appropriate. It makes the
atmosphere feel gloomy and unwelcoming. Therefore this
haunted house would not appeal to the audience , this
helps them identify with the characters’ fear. Personally I
believe the lighting choice successfully conveyed what
we wanted.
• If the lighting was bright then the house would seem too
welcoming and safe.
Lighting

6. The Screen to the left is
used to watch specific
These are all of the
clips or listen to specific
shots we
audio clips before putting
filmed, they’re all
them onto the timeline.
named
The screen to the right is
appropriately, theref
used to watch the whole
ore it’s easy to find
video.
the clip we want.
These are where all the video and audio files are placed, you These are all the tools that help you adjust the video and
drag and drop them onto the timeline, you can use the audio audio files. You can cut and move the files depending on
blocks to adjust sound levels at certain parts of the video. which tool you use.
I think we used Premiere Pro to it’s full
Premiere Pro potential. The cuts are smooth and the
sound flows well.

7. These tools can be used to
This tool is used to navigate
navigate around the
around Premiere Pro. It can also
timeline. The icon to the
be used to select things and crop
left can be used to scroll
video clips.
across the timeline of the
video, and the icon to the
This tool can be used to right can be used to either
cut up clips. We used this zoom in or out of the
tool when creating the fast timeline. When you zoom
paced static effect. We cut in you can make more fine
up the clip into segments changes to the video,
creating fast paced cuts. when you’re zoomed out
Below is a screen shot of you can see generally how
how the static clips looked the video flows.
when cut.
Editing tools we used

8. • As you can see in the images below we layered video clips in our production.
We used L cuts and J cuts.
This is an L cut. The sound
This is a J cut. The sound
of the previous clip carries
from the next clip starts
on onto the next
before the video. This
shot, therefore making the
makes a smooth transition
cut smoother.
between cuts. To overlay videos
you have to place the
different clips into
different audio and
video tracks. By
adding more video
and audio tracks you
can overlay more
clips.
Layering video clips

9. To create a new title
click title at the top
of Premiere Pro;
then click new
title, default still.
After selecting
default still this box
appears. This allows
you to select the
track name and the
video settings.
Title

10. This is the window you use when
you’re creating your title.
This part of the
These tools can window can be
be used to used to edit the
change the properties of
texts’ position. the text. You
We did not use can change the
any of these position of the
tools because text, the font
the window had properties (the
already made font style, font
our text size etc.), the
central, which is colour and the
what we opacity (how
wanted. see-through it
is) and the
texture of the
font.
This is where you select the font you want for your title. We decided on choosing
a font that looked a bit like static, black and white. You can choose other fonts
from the drop down menu above. You can also choose whether you want your
font to be bold, italic or underlined.
Titles 2

11. This is the
static after
we created
As you can see it. It created
we made the the effect
static clip 12 we wanted
seconds in our
long, therefore sequence.
we had more than
enough footage to
use.
This is the After Effects window. We used
After effects After Effects to create a static effect for our
CCTV shots.

12. This is the After creating the static effect
After Effects we saved it and imported it into
effect panel. Premiere Pro. We then used it in
We wanted our titles. We cut it up into
to create a small sections to create a fast
static effect. paced title that created more
We added fear onto the audience.
allot of
noise to the
image to
create this.
After Effects

13. We used Adobe Audition
to import sounds into When the track is on
Premiere Pro (see next the timeline we can
slide for more info). change the key
These are some of the frames to allow the
sounds we downloaded. track to change
All of these sounds were volume at various
used to create points, therefore you
atmosphere in our can fade in the sound
sequence. We dragged or fade it out. This
the sound clips onto the means there is a
sequences timeline smoother transition
sometimes overlaying between audio
them to create a fearful tracks..
atmosphere.
Audio

14. This the screen for Adobe Audition. We used
Adobe audition to find sounds for our sequence.
The panel to the right of the screen is where you
find the sounds.
You can use the search bar to search for specific
sound or you can just use the dropdown menu to
choose a category to look through.
To download a
track you have to
click the small
arrow, once the
loading screen is
complete- you
simply drag the
audio clip into
Adobe premiere.
Adobe Audition

15. This is the timeline from our
video after we finished
editing, using all the things I
learnt about Premiere Pro.
The timeline

16. When you click on When you click When you When you
this icon you can this icon you click this click this icon
post blocks of text can post photos icon you can you can post
to your Tumblr onto our post links to videos straight
blog. You can also Tumblr. You websites. to Tumblr via
embed things in can add text to This is YouTube, just
Tumblr such as the end of your useful for by copying the
documents from photos referring to web address of
Scribd or videos describing what examples of the video.
from YouTube. they are. media
You can do this by websites.
clicking this icon.
Tumblr

17. This is how my Tumblr looks. I think the theme is very
important because it always creates the first impression of
my blog. I chose this theme because I thought it was very
appropriate. As you can see to the right some of the posts are
displayed on screens with a film cameras projecting them.
Since I’m studying film I thought this was suitable.
Tumblr Continued

18. • We used YouTube to upload our videos.
• After uploading our videos to YouTube we can embed them
into our blogs.
• We have learnt the importance of tags. When uploading your
video to YouTube you have various things you can fill out; one
is the title (The Waiting), the description of the video and the
tags. The tags make it easier to search and find your video on
YouTube, you would tag your video with appropriate words
e.g. horror, scary, media.
• A link to the Chew Valley Media YouTube channel is linked to
the title below…
YouTube

19. • Scribd is an online method of uploading documents to
share.
• By signing in and clicking upload you can upload any
document of your own to Scribd.
• Once the document is uploaded you can embed your
document to Tumblr via clicking the embed button and
copying and pasting the embed code into Tumblr.
• Scribd has been very useful because it meant that we
could post our storyboards and scripts to Tumblr.

20. • Prezi has been very useful for showing my evaluation of
my sequence. It gives us a different way of presenting our
work, by creating almost a video presenting our points.
• You first get to choose a theme for your Prezi. Each
theme conveys a different message e.g. for my Prezi on
distributors I used a magnifying glass theme, as if I’m
looking into the subject.
• You can add videos and photos onto Prezi to make it
more elaborate.