Digital technology and research and planning documents discuss using various tools and techniques to be creative and develop new works. This includes using green screens, cameras, and editing software to film and assemble unique films. Old texts and films were analyzed to identify conventions that could be applied in novel ways. Planning techniques like frame analysis were employed to spur innovative ideas for opening sequences. While there were constraints like time limits, the documents emphasize finding creative solutions through technology and examination of prior works.

1. Digital Technology Research and Planning
- By using the green screen and the Tricaster cameras we - By looking into older texts, such as LA Confidential, to take
were able to create new landscapes for our filming to be the conventions from that kind of text all of the way
done in. This would be creating something new, that no one through to our new, modern film.
had made before. - Planning the film allowed me to be creative as it meant that
- We were able to use the Sony Handycam to film all of our I was able to look at some older ideas that people of had
footage and then create something unique. By choosing our and then see if they were applicable to what we were doing.
story and film it using these cameras we were able to make Doing this meant that we were able to create something
something new. new from something less modern.
- We used eMacs to create things like call sheets and this - We created a 9 Frame Analysis to look at things that we
helped, as we were able to be more creative, using could use in our opening sequence. We could use this to
programmes like Photoshop, LiveType and Final Cut to break it down and get specific ideas, enabling us to create a
make it a better film. new, original product.
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Post Production Conventions Of Real Media Texts
- Using the programmes that we available, like Photoshop - After looking at films which matched the criteria of the
allowed me to create lots of new things for the film and this genre we were looking at we could see things that they used
allowed me to be more creative. Using tools like lasso and that would be good for us to create a seemingly genuine
fill allowed me to do more and make a more creative video film ourselves. This included the camera angles, costumes
in the end. and mise-en-scene involved.
- When editing the film we were able to be more creative, due - By looking at existing products we were able to see the
to the tools available. In Final Cut we were able to cut the conventions, making us more creative as we could take
clips and move them, allowing us to do non-linear editing. something ‘old’ and making it new, which is what creativity
- We weren’t able to be 100% creative because of the is according to Bentley.
restraints that were upon us. When we were editing we - Because we had to create titles for our product, we could
knew that we had to have a 2-minute film, which was break down the stages of an opening sequence and look at
difficult to fulfil. some original ones, giving us fresh ideas that we could use.