4. Canon Digital SLR Camera
Our short film was a stop
frame animation therefore
we used a Canon digital
SLR camera to take the
thousands of pictures
needed. The reason that
we used this particular
camera is because the
quality is extremely high
and made our film look
more professional.
5. Red Head Lights
The use of the red head lights was
very important during the production
of our short film as they provided a
good light source and ensured that
there was no unwanted shadows in
any shot.
6. iPhoto
Once we had taken all of the
photographs needed for our
stop frame animation we
uploaded them onto the
computer and imported
them into a specific album
in iPhoto, this ensured the
safety of our photographs as
we were not the only group
using that computer.
7. iMovie
After importing all of our
photographs into iPhoto, we
then transferred them into
iMovie so that we could put
them in order and alter the
timing between the
photographs to make the film
run smoothly.
8. Final Cut Pro
After the film was
made, we transferred it
into Final Cut Pro so that
we could add a
soundtrack to it with the
use of Garage Band. Using
Final Cut Pro also made it
easier for us to convert
the finished product into a
QuickTime movie.
9. Garage Band
Once our short film
was completed, we
used garage band to
compose a
soundtrack that was
appropriate for the
film.
10. Adobe Photoshop CS5
I used Photoshop to
edit the photographs
that I used when
making my film poster
and double page
review. At first I found
it quite difficult but
once I got the hang of
it, it became a useful
program to use.
11. Adobe InDesign
I used InDesign when
creating my double page
article reviewing my
short film and my film
poster. I found it
extremely easy to use
and the finished
products looked very
professional.
12. Apple Mac
My group and I often
used the Apple Mac
computers when
constructing our short
film as they had a lot of
useful editing software on
them. I find that the Macs
are a lot easier to use
than a PC and are a lot
more professional.
13. Dell PC
We had to use then Dell PCs to
complete our work because the
Macs only had editing software
on them therefore to complete
the rest of our work we use the
PCs in order to access programs
such as Photoshop and
InDesign.
15. Google
Google was the main search engine
that I used when researching short
films, it enabled me to find the
appropriate websites quickly and easily
due to the simple layout.
16. YouTube
I used YouTube when planning my
short film as I viewed a lot of shorts
on this site in order to gain
inspiration and learn what works
and what does not work well when
producing a stop frame animation. I
also uploaded my finished film onto
the site as a way of distributing our
finished product.
17. Blogger
I used my blog on Blogger to upload
and post about the things that I was
planning to do with regards to our
short film. Everything about our film
was planned out first and published
on my blog; this was very useful as it
helped us to determine potential
issues with the film before filming
even started. My blog shows many
examples of media convergence e.g.
It incorporates the use of
video, sound and text all in the same
blog.
18. Prezi
Prezi is a presentation site that allowed me
to plan out my thoughts and actions
regarding our short film and order it in an
organised way that allowed me and the rest
of my group to view and access our plans
with ease. I then uploaded each
presentation onto my blog to ensure that all
of my planning was in the same place.
19. Glogster
Glogster was used on my blog when I
was planning making a poster for my
short film. It proved useful as it allowed
me to see what worked and what did not
work as a film poster.
21. YouTube
We used YouTube in
the evaluation of
our short film. We
uploaded our video
to the website in
order to gain
feedback from the
general public about
our film.
22. Facebook
Facebook is another
website that we found
extremely useful when
evaluating our work, we
simply uploaded our film in
order to distribute itand
awaited feedback. Overall
we gained positive
feedback about our stop
frame animation. In this
day and age, we
communicate greatly via
the internet thanks to web
2.0
23. Overall I feel that PCs have made our lives so much more
easy in the way that distributing our work and projects
can be done in various different ways with great
ease, websites such as Facebook, MySpace and YouTube
allow prosumers to share their work and gain feedback
from other prosumers via the use of the internet. We are
also able to edit our own work in our own homes with
the use of editing software such as Photoshop and
InDesign, all of which would not be doable if not for PCs.
24. During this course my IT skills have developed in a number
of ways, for example, I am now able to use a wide variety of
different computer software like
Photoshop, InDesign, iPhoto, iMovie, Garageband and Final
Cut Pro. I have also learned how to produce a stop frame
animation and how to correctly use a digital SLR camera.
Some problems that I encountered during this project
include not being able to make the camera focus
correctly, after a few photographs I had realised how to use
the device properly and I was able to focus the camera. I also
has an issue with editing the film as I found it extremely
difficult to use Final Cut Pro, however I overcame this as I
eventually got used to the software.
