The document discusses various tools used in creating a film opening project. The main tools discussed are a video camera, tripod, iMac computer, iMovie editing software, Photoshop software, Google for research, SlideShare for publishing PowerPoints, and YouTube for uploading and researching videos. These tools allowed the creator to film, edit, add effects, publish, and research elements for their film opening project.

2. VIDEO CAMERA:
The prioritised hardware for the whole film opening was the video camera. The
professional piece of equipment allowed me to film both my opening and
preliminary task without any technical difficulties. The camera let us easily
access vital footages onto the Mac. I also learnt and applied varieties of
camera features: camera angles & camera movement which built my
confident in using them for different situations.
TRIPOD:
The tripod was key to when we were filming. It allowed the recording
to go smoothly; with no interruptions with the steadiness of the
camera and the camera stayed at one level throughout the recording.
From this I learnt that it is useful to use at you can use to pan key
footages and the camera would less likely shake.
IMAC:
The MAC was very important also; it was used to edit both the film
opening and preliminary task. In addition, Macs are compatible with
many professional tools which were vital for our final piece. As I’m
use to using the Macs, this gave me the advantage and confidence of
editing my film opening.

3. IMOVIE:
This piece of software was very useful and simple to use. Although it is easy to
use, it is very effective; with its proficiency and variety of tools it made my final
piece look professional. This software built my confidence to use difficult
additions to my film opening: slow motions, fast-forward and freeze-frame were
some of the additions. The only problem was that: the software only runs on
Macs and we cannot use it anywhere apart from school. We had to edit during
our free lesson or after school.
PHOTOSHOP:
This one purpose of use was to create my production logo. This software is
the programme to use whilst creating my logo; it contains all the useful tools
like cropping pictures and these tools create the perfect image. At first,
Photoshop is difficult to use but the more someone uses, the more you get
use to it; it made me more confident to improve the final production logo.
One disadvantage of this software is: to use it only at school as this
software is expensive and we cannot afford to buy it for this one use so we
had to do it during our free lessons or during a media lesson.

4. GOOGLE:
Google was the most useful online tool; especially for the research
of any information. This site is very efficient and it is easy to
access other websites or pictures from this site. If I struggled to
understand anything like different camera angles, I can simply
search it up and Google would give me a reliable answer. The site
also has good tips on many things like how to use different types of
software.
SLIDESHARE:
In order to publish my power point onto my blog, I would use
slideshare to publish my PowerPoint. It is easy and efficient; it
makes my presentation look more professional. It is easy to
embed my PowerPoint onto my blog but it does take time to get
use to it.
YOUTUBE:
YouTube is very useful. It is also an important piece of tool as
I must upload my videos: preliminary task, audience
expectation video and my film opening from YouTube in order
to put them onto my blog. YouTube is also useful for research
of genre, looking at examples of Thriller film opening; I mostly
importantly used it to get my music for my film opening.