The document discusses the software, hardware, and camera settings used to produce a short film. It describes: 1) Using Final Cut Pro software to edit clips, add sound effects and score, and color grade scenes to set the proper mood. 2) Filming with a Panasonic HDC-TM900 camcorder and using settings like white balance, auto focus, and a tripod to improve video quality and stability. 3) Recording foley sounds like taps and showers with an H4N recorder, though the door slamming sound did not turn out well.

1. what have you learnt about technologies form the process of constructing this
product?
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2. SOFTWARE
In our production we used a software called final cut pro, which
helped us pull together our whole production because it let us
add in sound effects, put our clips together and etc. To make
our production better we get to see if some things fit to our
narrative and to see if some didn’t, for example making sure we
did everything right like the 180 degree angle that we took a
while editing in. And we did find out that one clip of the
antagonist in the bath did not fit in well with our score, so we
took this clip out of our production with help from the software
of final cut pro, it was very hard trying to get the exact moment
of the score that fit in with the shots of our scenes for example
the score fitting in with the disequilibrium of the antagonists
appearing in the bath tub of the bathroom scene. Furthermore
this software enabled us to edit clips to correct length of the clip
that we wanted it to be. To either make them longer or shorter
connoting the feelings of the character in the particular scene.
In addition to this we used colour grading with all our scenes in
the production to make the locations appear more depressing
and dull to the eye which again sets the tone of the production
and The fade in and out will help create the mood that we want
to represent in our opening scene. Furthermore the colour
grading feature of final cut would be important in our scene
because it can make the scene either happy with warmer
contrasts of colour or by making the scene more tense and
dramatic by making the scene have a darker tone which can
connote sadness and grief which our characters both feel in the
narrative which is scenes throughout our production In our
production final cut pro helped our group add in a orchestral
sound to it made from a friend that composed it to fit to each
shot of our production. With fitting in out score within our
production final cut pro helped us to make it the best that it
possibly could be. Final cut pro also helped us add in credits to
notify the audience the producer, directors etc.
we used colour grading to make the locations appear to be
dull and gloomier than it is (sympathetic background)
connoting that even tho they are both happy something bad
will happen having in the narrative leaving the audience off
edge and wanting to know what is going to happen.

3. SOFTWARE
Some examples of software representations that we used were: slideshare, powtoon,
prezi, youtube and amaze. We used these ways to present our work because it made
our tasks and ideas aesthetically pleasing to the viewers looking at our work. It also
made our research overall look organised but allowed us as a group to show our
different styles and individuality that came together making our overall piece.

4. HARDWARE-CAMERA SETTINGS
The camera that we used to film our production
of unperceived was the Panasonic HDC-TM900
Full HD Camcorder. This type of camera had
settings that controlled manually the white
balance that had to be used when filming as it
appeared to be too yellow and didn’t show the
true colours of the scene that we were filming
which would've set the tone as another feeling
for example the yellow tone may of connoted
happiness and peace and that was not the aim
for our production we wanted dull colours.
Furthermore for our production we used the auto
focus on this camera which made the image
more clearer and made the quality better.
Moreover for our shots to be still we also used a
tripod that was very useful in all of the different
locations that were used in our production to
keep stability throughout filming, as to start off
we tried filming without a tripod and it mad the
filming look blurry and bumpy for example in the
first scene of filming protagonist and antagonist
we were going to track forwards and backwards
but this was changed later on because when
filming on the gravel with the dolly it was too
shaky and the wood we brought to to decrease
the shakiness. From this i have learnt more skills
in using a camera and filming with a camcorder.

5. Inour production we used a H4N recorder to record the foley
sounds for the bathroom scene for example the taps coming on,
shower turning on and door slamming. From using this piece of
hardware it enabled us to have clearer sound and had a higher
quality for our production. Furthermore the recorded sound of the
door slamming didn't record as well as we expected because it
was not at a high standard like all the others foley sounds
recorded, and the sound of the slamming in our production
echoes and gives the shot an unrealistic tone that we could not be
fixed. Overall with using a H4N recorder it made our sounds
sound more realistic and exaggerated the sounds (excluding the
door slamming) making it more scary and making the audience
feel more uneasy whilst watching. I think we could've recorded
more sounds with a H4N recorder for example to the walking of
footsteps for example when the male character is seen to be
walking over to the shower to turn it off. I believe it would of made
the scene more intense and help increase the suspense and give
the viewer emotional pleasure through feeling anxious for the
protagonist.
H4N RECORDER

6. IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE FUTURE
improvements for the future i think would be
to increase my skills on final cut pro as I'm not
as confident as i think i could be, i found
adding in sound difficult but i think towards
the end of completing our production i got
better. I think for our production we could've
made the sound more realistic for the foley
sound of the door slamming, because i think
overall it may of given a more realistic sound
to the particular sound as its very important
for the sound to be accurate in that intense
scene. Furthermore i think also improving my
skills on the camera settings because i found
it also difficult setting the camera on different
settings like the colour. But again by this i
think i wont have a problem with this next time
as in my opinion i think that i have learnt from
these problems.