2. Digital Camera
The most vital piece of equipment we used was a professional
digital camera. It had much better quality than the flip camera.
In order to keep the shots steady as well as do some
panning/tracking shots, we used a tripod. It also enabled us to
shoot from various angles as well as create movement.
3. Lighting
We used two different kinds of lighting for filming, both battery powered.
During filming, we made sure to stick to the standard 3-point lighting
technique, this involves a key light, fill light and back light. The LED light panel
(left picture), was used for either the key or fill light. Alternatively, when we
needed dimmer lighting, we would use the smaller light (right picture) as our
fill light being less strong than the LED light panel.
4. Apple Computers and scanner
In order to blog all of our posts, as well as edit our Some of the research for the
thriller opening, we used the apple computers upcoming of our thriller opening was
that were available to us in our media room and done on paper. In order to show this
the media office. evidence on our blogs, we used the
As we were not used to using the apple scanner.
computers, it took a while for us to get used to it.
We familiarised ourselves with the applications
we needed to use in order to complete our thriller
opening.
5. Main editing
The main editing software we used was iMovie.
We found that through frequent use of this
program, we became familiar with it which
made it easier for us to use.
This program featured sound effects and
transitions which we were able to include in
our opening.
We have encountered a few technological
issues concerning the loss of edited materials
such as sound.
Using this program has allowed us to
experiment with various fonts which could be
included in our final cut.
6. Photo editing
‘Grab’ ‘Picnik’
- To capture the screen - To edit our title to
shot of films we make it animated
analysed, such
as, Flightplan
‘Paint’ ‘Photoshop’
- To scan our research - To make our
and planning to production logo
transfer onto our blog
‘Photo Booth’ ‘Fireworks’
- To video and capture - To create our
images to feature on moodboard to use as
our blog. This was inspiration for our
useful to film our thriller
audience feedback
7. Sound editing
‘GarageBand’
This is a software that we used to compose
our musical score which is featured
throughout our thriller.
As we did not have the convenience of a
keyboard, we had to use the computerised
version which caused some confusion.
‘iTunes’
To synchronise our finished composition as a
mp3 file which we could then transport into
our thriller as incidental music.
8. Microsoft
‘Word’ ‘Excel’ ‘PowerPoint’
Our group has made use of This software enabled us to Many of our posts on our
this program a lot to draft digitally produce visual blog have been created as
posts for our blog which were diagrams in order to display a slide show through this
then uploaded onto ‘Blogger’. our results from our program. It is one that we
questionnaire, which we like because of its many
distributed to members of features. We find using it
our potential audience. is easy as we were already
Presenting data like this in a familiar with it.
graph form makes it less
difficult to interpret and to
compare to other data.
9. Websites
‘Google’ ‘Slideshare’
This search engine which A website which
enabled us to: allowed us to
- Create an account transport our
through which we powerpoints onto
activated our blog our blog
- Find images to use in our
moodboard
- To research other
thrillers in the planning
stage
- Google maps – to find a
suitable location
‘Blogger’
Through this website we
were able to record the
‘Youtube’ planning, producing and
We used this website to editing stages of our media
upload our videos and product in a digital format.
transfer them onto our This also was useful as it
blog. allowed us to draw
inspiration from previous
blogs.
10. DVD
‘DVD Player’
Used for the purpose of watching
thriller films during our planning
stage and also when evaluating our
final product to compare it to
cinematic releases.
‘VLC’
Combined with the grabbing tool (see
‘Photo editing’ slide), this allowed us
to capture screen shots of thrillers
played through the DVD to include in
our research.
